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Creative Christmas presents for the budding Engineer.

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Hello All,


I remember one childhood Christmas, I receive a 'X in one' electronics project kit. Think it was from Tandy. 


​It was the 'perfect' gift from my parents, so many things to do and once you had built a circuit, you could read what the components did in that circuit and how they worked. For my parents, it was days of peace and quite whilst I was joining different colour wires between different points on the board. Sure I even tried to invent my own circuits.

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​Will be getting one of these this year for our boy to see if it will bring out his creative side and to learn new things. The aspect I like the most from this is that he will be physically creating things and seeing something happen as a result of his work. Failing that, I have 'X in One' electronics project board again.


Anyone else trying to create a budding engineer?


Regards,


​Jon

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    I love some of the toys shown in this thread. I had one of those 1001 electronic circuit sets, it was the one with the springs to join the wires together. I found that over time they corroded and no longer made good contact. My best presents were always Lego, I preferred the general bricks rather than the themed kits, although when I was older I did enjoy the Technic sets. Seeing Andy's photo of the Lego motor module brought back some memories. I remember that my brother and I both had one, it even came with railway wheels to use on the Lego track. Unfortunately the battery terminals were eaten away by leaking batteries and they were never the same again.


    As an engineer I have always tried to encourage my son with anything to do with engineering but none of the engineeringy toys went down very well unless they could be used to make swords or guns. I remember one year someone bought him a simple electronics set and the only part that interested him was a motor and helicopter blade assembly that could be launched using the motor!


    A poll of colleagues in the office showed that most of them had a parent or grand parent who was an engineer so I thought that by default my son would follow in his father's and grandfather's footsteps but this is not to be. It just goes to show plying kids with STEM toys and opportunities does not make them into an engineer. I suppose that it is like any profession in life, you have to have a passion and an interest in it.
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    I love some of the toys shown in this thread. I had one of those 1001 electronic circuit sets, it was the one with the springs to join the wires together. I found that over time they corroded and no longer made good contact. My best presents were always Lego, I preferred the general bricks rather than the themed kits, although when I was older I did enjoy the Technic sets. Seeing Andy's photo of the Lego motor module brought back some memories. I remember that my brother and I both had one, it even came with railway wheels to use on the Lego track. Unfortunately the battery terminals were eaten away by leaking batteries and they were never the same again.


    As an engineer I have always tried to encourage my son with anything to do with engineering but none of the engineeringy toys went down very well unless they could be used to make swords or guns. I remember one year someone bought him a simple electronics set and the only part that interested him was a motor and helicopter blade assembly that could be launched using the motor!


    A poll of colleagues in the office showed that most of them had a parent or grand parent who was an engineer so I thought that by default my son would follow in his father's and grandfather's footsteps but this is not to be. It just goes to show plying kids with STEM toys and opportunities does not make them into an engineer. I suppose that it is like any profession in life, you have to have a passion and an interest in it.
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