Logic Gates Kit

Unlock the foundations of computer logic with the Science Unlocked: Logic Gates Kit—an engaging, hands-on STEM experience for curious young engineers.

Students will build and test a binary counter, code secret messages, and explore how logic and electricity work together to form the building blocks of modern computing.

This Accelerate-level kit includes over eight hours of guided learning and comes with a full-color Student Workbook and Teacher Guide. Activities focus on real-world applications of coding and communication through message encoding.

Hands-on activities include:

• Coding a secret message
• Understand binary code
• Working with logic gates
• Exploring how electricity powers logic

Students will explore questions like:

• What is binary code?
• How is code used in everyday life?
• What are the fundamentals of engineering?

Perfect for grades 3-7, the Logic Gates kit is part of the Science Unlocked Accelerate series by Home Science Tools—designed to spark understanding and confidence in STEM.

• 1 ball
• 5 batteries
• 200 beads
• 1 chenille stem
• 1 keyring
• 5 LEDs
• 1 safety scalpel
• 1 pair of scissors
• 5 switches
• 3 rolls of tape, conductive
• 1 roll of tape, masking
• 1 tape measure
• 1 pack of toothpicks

• NGSS science standards alignment

  • 3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

  • 3-5-ETS1-3: Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

  • 4-PS4-3: Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.