🛠️ Day 1: Introduction to Electronics & Being a Maker

Workshop Title: Introduction to Electronics and Being a Maker
Target Group: Students who have completed Grade 7
Duration: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Theme: From Curiosity to Circuits

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🎯 Objectives

• Understand basic electricity concepts (voltage, current, resistance).
• Learn common electronic components.
• Build simple circuits using LEDs and sensors.
• Spark creativity through hands-on making.

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🗓️ Schedule Overview

Time	Activity
11:00 – 11:30	Icebreaker + Introduction to Making
11:30 – 12:30	Learn Electricity + Light Up an LED
12:30 – 1:30	Lunch + Exploration Time
1:30 – 2:30	Sensors and Interactivity
2:30 – 3:45	Creative Circuit Building (LED Art)
3:45 – 4:00	Wrap-Up + What’s Next

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🧊 11:00 – 11:30 AM → Icebreaker + Introduction

Goals:

• Set the tone and get students comfortable.
• Explain what a "maker" is with real-world examples.

Activities:

• Robot Game: “If you had a robot, what would it do?”
• Show examples of DIY projects (toys, lights, tools).
• Define “Maker”: Someone who builds cool things using electronics, cardboard, and imagination!
• Set the goal: “Today you’ll build real circuits with light and sensors!”

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🔋 11:30 – 12:30 PM → Understanding Electricity + Lighting an LED

Concepts:

• Voltage = Pressure
• Current = Flow
• Resistance = Restriction

Components Introduced:

• Battery, LED, Resistor, Breadboard, Wires, Switch

Hands-On Activity:

"Light the LED"

• Build a simple circuit on breadboard:
  Battery → Resistor → LED → Ground
• Add switch to turn it into a mini torch.
• Experiment: Reverse the LED, connect 2 LEDs, try different resistors.

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🍱 12:30 – 1:30 PM → Lunch + Exploration

• Open demo table with:
  • Snap circuits or gadgets
  • Components to touch and play with
• Music, light vibe, encourage questions and tinkering

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🌞 1:30 – 2:30 PM → Sensors and Interaction

Concepts:

• Sensors detect things: light, sound, motion, etc.
• LDR (Light Dependent Resistor)

Hands-On Activity:

"Automatic Night Lamp"

• Build a circuit where LED turns on in darkness using LDR.
• Use 10KΩ resistor in series.
• Cover LDR to test sensitivity.

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🎨 2:30 – 3:45 PM → Creative Circuit Building

Activity:

"LED Art or Glowing Nameplate"

• Use cardboard/paper to build a glowing display.
• Students decorate and wire up LEDs in their name/symbols.
• Use switches or copper tape to make it interactive.

Encourage teamwork and experimentation!

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🎉 3:45 – 4:00 PM → Wrap-Up

• Showcase everyone’s projects on a Maker Table.

• Share reflections:

  • “What did you like the most?”
  • “What do you want to make next?”

• Tease Day 2:
  “Tomorrow we’ll teach the circuit to think – with Arduino!”

• Group photo + Certificate or Sticker
  “Level 1: Circuit Explorer Unlocked!”

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🔚 End of Day 1

Get ready to dive into Arduino and build smart projects tomorrow!