Kinetic Light-Up Speaker
- Grades 6-8
Make some noise with a light-up speaker — built by you! Get familiar with electronic components as you build the speaker’s circuit to connect lights and sounds. As the music plays, lights flash and foam balls bounce to the beat. Ready to get movin’ and groovin’ with electronics? (USB power source not included.)
Why it’s awesome
Turn-it-up engineering
Use real electronic components to wire it up and rock out.
Bounce to the beat
Crank the volume to watch lights flash and balls dance to the music.
Wireless tunes
Play music from any device with Bluetooth technology.
What’s included?
![](https://icdn.kiwico.com/site/store/pdp/whats-included/SSPL_Kinetic_Light-Up_Speaker_Materials.webp)
Topics explored
Science of sound
Electrical engineering
How speakers work
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
![](https://icdn.kiwico.com/site/store/pdp/behind-the-design/SSPL_behind-design.webp)
“We didn’t originally set out to design a speaker that was as visual as it was vibin’. But during an early test run, we happened to scatter some beads on a speaker cone. It was so fun watching the beads dance around, we knew we had to make that a part of the project — but with colorful foam balls, of course. We added the tubes later . . . after the speaker sent the balls flying all over the place. (Oops.)”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
14
Speaker cones tested
162
Songs played during design and testing
dozens!
Foam balls sacrificed in the name of science