If the student is doing the "Happy Face", be aware that the directions that comes with this project are not good. Look at the picture on the front and use it instead.
In the picture above, the two larger, inner components of the smile are capacitors. Chances are that the capacitors in your kit look like this:
The dark line on the left of the capacitor above indicates polarity. Make sure you solder the capacitors with the dark lines facing outwards.
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