Mand Labs KIT-1: Premium with Academy
Learn the fundamentals of electronics—voltage, resistance, circuits, and logic gates—through 60+ hands-on projects with real components and zero soldering. It’s serious science, minus the stress.
$328.99
Quantity:
Complete Course
In a Curriculum Kit
Nonreligious
Complete Course
2026 Ninth-Grade Curriculum Kit
Electronics can feel intimidating right up until your teen successfully builds his first working circuit. Mand Labs KIT-1: Premium with Academy is designed to make that first success happen quickly—and then keep building from there.
This beginner-friendly electronics lab earns ½ high school science credit. It introduces students to real electronics with industrial-grade components, structured projects, and guided instruction.
The kit includes more than 165 components —switches, sensors, motors, breadboards, measurement tools, and wiring equipment — organized in a vertical workstation designed to keep projects—and parts—from spreading across your entire house.
Students work through more than 60 projects using two guided manuals that gradually introduce concepts like voltage, resistance, semiconductors, logic gates, sensors, motors, and circuit design.
The emphasis is on building real systems rather than simply reading about them. Students move from basic circuits toward increasingly complex projects like infrared security systems, motor controls, and logic circuits while practicing troubleshooting and problem-solving along the way.
Digital support is substantial. Video lessons, guided walkthroughs, project resources, quizzes, theory manuals, progress tracking, and access to Mand Labs Academy help students work more independently as concepts become more advanced.
Intended to survive repeated use, this is not the sort of kit students complete once and quietly put away.
For teens interested in electronics, engineering, robotics, or simply understanding how things work, Mand Labs provides something many STEM kits promise but rarely deliver: enough structure to get started and enough depth to keep going.
See the complete list of experiments to browse all that this kit has to offer.
How to Use Mand Labs KIT-1: Premium with Academy
- Plan to complete about one chapter every two weeks. This pace comfortably covers all 18 chapters during a standard school year, while leaving room for troubleshooting and repeat projects.
- Start each chapter by reading the guidebook material and watching the related video lessons. The videos help explain unfamiliar terminology and concepts before your teen begins building.
- Build projects in order whenever possible. The projects are designed to progress gradually, so earlier circuits often introduce skills needed later.
- Expect troubleshooting. Electronics rarely work perfectly on the first attempt, and much of the learning happens while checking connections, testing ideas, and figuring out what went wrong.
- Use the Academy resources heavily. Video walkthroughs, quizzes, progress tracking, and support resources make it easier for students to work more independently as projects become more complex.
- Keep the workstation organized between sessions. With more than 165 components involved, spending a few minutes resetting parts usually saves much more time later.
In the 2026 kits this course earns high school credit:
0.5 credits of Electronics
STEM · 9th grade · Classic and Non-Religious kits
Mand Labs Academy
If desired, your student can take electronics learning to the max with the included year of Mand Labs Academy. To use the Academy subscription, he'll need ongoing internet access. Mand Labs Academy is available both online and as a downloadable desktop application.
What's New in Version 4?
Topics covered in KIT-1:
Contents in the box:
Please note: Batteries are no longer included in the kit, so will need to be purchased.
Manufacturer: Mand Labs
Manufacturer Age Recommendation: Middle and high school students
Prior Experience in Electronics Required? No
Faith-Based: No
Optional Academy Subscription Length: 1 year
Awards and Endorsements:First Runner up i-Design Award 2015!
Media Mentions:
CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Not suitable for industrial applications.
“Mand Labs is a great kit to learn about electronics and help it feel less overwhelming.” Read the Review
So Every Day
”...well organized, tidy, clever design, thorough supply list, self-paced schedule, flexible as an add on or as a solid part of the curriculum. I’m so thankful for solid science options for a teacher like me, who fears the science at times...” Read the Review
Thrift Schooling
"This truly is electronics at its best. This high-quality kit is complete with over 165 components. What makes this kit unlike anything we have ever used in our homeschool is it comes with an actual curriculum.” Read the Review
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about this product below:
Yes! Check out this PDF to see how the Mand Labs kit aligns with NGSS standards:
Batteries are not included in Mand Labs Kit-1 Version 4 due to increased complexities in paperwork, shipping, and compliances.
We recommend getting a couple of 9-volt and 1.5-AA batteries for the experiments. Both batteries are readily available in the supermarket.
There is a spot for the batteries on the tray for convenient storage.
Yes, the Academy requires constant internet access.
Academy offers a more structured approach to learning where learners can track their progress, do quizzes and make notes. The USB and Guidebooks offer a complete offline curriculum, however the Academy offers some extra bits and projects for more curious learners.
The subscription term is one year and is offered through a license.
Academy can be accessed both online and through a desktop application as well.
Recommended Browsers- Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox, Edge
Desktop Application- For Windows, Apple and Linux PCs
( App is not available for Android Tablets or iOS iPads)
- August 24, 2023
Great learning tool
Staci A.
This set is really neat. There is a lot to it, and my son seems to be enjoying it so far. He found the videos to be a bit slow and hard to understand, so he prefers to just work from the books that came with the kit. It seems like the books and videos cover the same information, so one or the other is fine. Cool experiments so far! He’s learning a lot.
