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Classroom resources

Everything students need during a Magic Conch build, plus the teacher materials you can read before buying anything. Nothing here asks for a sign-up, an email address, or a purchase.

For students during the build

Public · No sign-in

  • Start here — the kit QR page

    The page printed on every kit's QR code. It is the fastest route to the deck, the study guide, and the quiz during class.

    Open the start page

  • Assembly deck

    32 illustrated slides: safety, parts inventory, build order, orientation, the inspection gate, first power, and troubleshooting. Written for the v1.4 board you receive; the illustrations are v1.3 artwork with the same parts and connections. Project it where the whole room can see it.

    Open the deck (PDF)

  • Student study guide

    5 pages of reference: component identification, what a sound joint looks like, polarity and orientation, the build order, and symptom-based troubleshooting. Prints well double-sided.

    Open the study guide (PDF)

  • Build-readiness quiz (Google Form)

    12 automatically scored questions on safety, placement, orientation, and inspection. No sign-in and no email address is required to take it.

    Open the Google Form

  • Build-readiness quiz (browser copy)

    The same questions, scored in the browser, for school networks that block Google Forms. Nothing is submitted or stored.

    Open the browser quiz

For teachers evaluating the kit

Public previews

  • Teacher lesson plan — public preview

    7 pages: three 50-minute periods with objectives, pacing, safety framing, partner inspection gates, differentiation, and extension prompts. Read it before you decide whether the kit fits your course.

    Preview the lesson plan (PDF)

  • Printable student QR cards

    Four cards per sheet, each pointing at the kit start page. Useful when you are handing out kits that have been repacked.

    Print the QR cards (PDF)
Teacher Launch Pack

Included with every class set of 30.

The purchasing contact receives the full pack: the three-period lesson plan, the Google Forms-ready quiz, the private answer key, the student study guide, and the assembly deck. The answer key is the one item that is never published and never reachable from a student page — it is delivered only in the teacher copy.

See class sets
Before the iron gets hot

Running this safely

Adult supervision, eye protection, moving air, and your district’s approved soldering procedure are required. Chips and batteries stay out of the board until it has passed inspection — sockets get solder, chips do not. Switch a board off immediately if a component gets hot or smells unusual.

Each finished board needs 3 AA batteries, which the kit does not include.

Buying for a class? School purchasing and quotes.