Would you approve of this “toy” for your son?
I’m 15 now, but when I was in second grade, my favorite toy was an electric circuit breaker panel. I found it lying around in the garage, and it had breakers in it. I brought it inside, and was wiring some lamp sockets, switches, and outlets to it. I plugged it in, and made it work. I always said I wanted to be an electrician when I grow up (I still do). My dad said that I wasn’t allowed to play with it unless he was home. I was curious about home electricity from a very young age, and I got a home wiring Do-it-Yourself book for Christmas in the 2nd grade. I was able to read and understand it, as well as the wiring diagrams in it.
I don’t want to be an engineer. I don’t like the way corporate employees are treated. If I’m an electrician, I can eventually work for myself and keep all the money, instead of me doing all the work and my employer keeping 90% of the money.
Well, I wouldn’t be happy if my son was plugging it into live outlets, but if he wants to mess around with electronics in a safe way, then I’d be all for it. We’ve already done experiments with the kids involving wires, batteries, and lightbulbs, motors, and other interesting things. For some reason all my links got erased but I found this one webpage with tons of really neat science experiments on it. I’ll see if I can find it for you.
Yeah! Found it: http://scitoys.com/ Just be careful because some of the ‘toys’ can be dangerous. 
All the projects are in the long brown block to the left with subheadings.
AT120 vs stealth
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