I have that book too and while it does help with the basics, there is a
better book that I found works wonders in teaching electronics (at all
levels)
It's a college textbook (though my college didn't use it).  IT's called "The
Art of Electronics" bu Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill published by
Cambridge University Press (ISBN: 0-521-37095-7).  It starts at the VERY
basics and works it's way up to signal processing and covers lots of stuff
along the way.  I HIGHLY recommend it.

-R

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Matthew Miller
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Subject: [EE]: Beginner electronics book recommendations


Hello,

This summer I'll be teaching a basic electronics course to high school
students (grades 9-11th.) Since this will be an introductory course for kids
who will most likely not have any experience I thought that a good book to
use would be Forrest Mims "Getting started in electronics".

Sadly, the Mims book, once available through Radio Shack, is now out of
print and I've not been able to locate any copies (I need about 15 copies.)
Does anyone here have any recommendations for a similar book? Or even
better, does anyone know of another source for the Mims book?

Thanks for your help, Matthew.

--
Matthew Miller
SVCC College Bound, Technology Coordinator

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