[Elecraft] OT: Electronic curriculum for middle school wanted

[crmabbott at comcast.net]

Craig,
I would also recomend a mates web sight in Austraila

http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/

His name is Ian Purdy VK2TIP and he runs an excellant site and the lessons are divided up quite nicely

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> On 8/11/05, Craig Rairdin <craigr at laridian.com> wrote:
> > I'd like something that covers the basics of electricity and electronics
> > that includes some simple projects. In the end I'd like them to be able to
> > take the Technician exam, so I'll have to supplement it with rules and
> > operating practices. I'm also going to supplement it with basic home wiring
> > just for fun.
> 
> Well I read Forrest Mim's classic, _Getting Started in Electronics_
> when I was 12 years old, unfortunately around 25% of my self-built
> projects were failures, so some guidance and help when building would
> of been nice.
> 
> Another self-guided title that a youngster could easily follow is
> _Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics_ by Stan Gibilisco, but it
> does not have any experiments if I remember correctly.
> 
> I'm a little hesitate to encourage young children learning about
> household wiring, for a couple of reasons, first they are too young to
> use currently. Second, by the time they are old enough of it to be of
> any value they might confuse facts (is ground brown or green?), and
> some of the "facts" (i.e. NEC) may have changed.
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