Young Inventors

First circuits, batteries, and blinking LEDs with mBlock.

Ages 8–13. 19 lessons, easiest first.

• Lesson 1Welcome, Young Inventor! How Electronics Simplified worksbeginner3 minInteractive
• Lesson 2Basic Safety for Young Engineers: how to work with electricity safelybeginner5 minInteractive
• Lesson 3What is a Battery? Polarity, voltage and how to test onebeginner6 minInteractive
• Lesson 4What is AC and DC? Is it harmful?beginner5 minInteractive
• Lesson 5What are the most Basic Electronic Components ?beginner1 min
• Lesson 6Basic Electronic Components - Resistorbeginner2 min
• Lesson 7What is a Capacitor and why are they important?beginner2 min
• Lesson 8How to Connect a Basic Circuit for Kidsbeginner3 min
• Lesson 9Getting Started with a Basic Electronic Circuit for Kidsbeginner1 min
• Lesson 10Understanding Resistors in Series and Parallelbeginner2 min
• Lesson 11How to use a Potentiometer - Variable Resistance for Kidsbeginner3 min
• Lesson 12The Wired Buzzer Game: An Electrifying Journey into Conductionbeginner2 min
• Lesson 13The Wire Buzzer Game - Unleash Your Inner Scientist!beginner2 min
• Lesson 14Rainwater Harvesting and Recharge System: A Fun Project for Kidsbeginner3 min
• Lesson 15What is Arduino? Why Kids should Learn it?beginner1 min
• Lesson 16Lets Blink with Arduino using mBlockbeginner1 minVideo
• Lesson 17Alternate blinking LED's using Arduino with mBlockbeginner1 min
• Lesson 187 Segment Display with mBlockbeginner3 minVideo
• Lesson 19Bluetooth Controlled Servo Motor using Arduino for Kidsbeginner3 min