Hands-On Exploration of Electricity & Circuits! (single session STEM/STEAM class)

Learners explore hands-on circuit design in this a dough-based circuits class! This class shows learners how to build electrical circuits with conductive play dough and LEDs. The class uses Squishy Circuits, a highly intuitive, fun and child-safe way for kids to start exploring electricity and circuits. We'll first discuss what electricity actually is on a quantum physics level (a "flow" of electron charges), and how it travels through a circuit. Students will build a variety of creative light-up circuits in the class. 

The Squishy Circuits Kit includes a specially-designed child-safe battery holder with electrical leads, LEDs (red, green and blue) and conductive dough. A Squishy Circuits Lite Kit can be purchased on Amazon for about $15. This kit can be re-used many times. Please note: the battery holder requires 4 AA batteries (not included).  

Additional play dough, sculpting clay and crafting supplies that you may have around the house can be brought to class as well (optional). For easier clean-up, it is recommended that students use a piece of cardboard, paper or flat plastic (such as a plastic placemat) to build their circuits on. Student will need a stable tabletop surface for building.