a small effort to introduce kids to LEDs, Batteries, Magnets and making LIGHT - JUGNU is Urdu for Firefly
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The project is our story of how we gave some kids their first entry into electronics and making by showing them how make an LED Throwie - do check out the project images and the logs and the Files attached with the project.
I used any and all relevant images/material/diagrams I could find from Google - without giving attribution/credit to anyone or even asking about it. SORRY FOR THAT - but this is just a small project and no commercial stuff - so i hope no issues. :)
we had a surprise, as we had invited a genius kid to the session as well, who builds and flies drones for FUN.
Took images/schematic from @Chris Hackaday project https://hackaday.io/project/3371-led-throwie
Some related LINKS - sent out to all the KIDS after the session.
JUGNU TUTORIAL IMAGES: http://bit.ly/28OwzLa
BASIC TUTORIAL: http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/?ALLSTEPS
Auto-ON-when-THROW: http://www.instructables.com/id/Auto-OnOff-LED-Throwie/?ALLSTEPS
Auto-ON-in-DARK: https://hackaday.io/project/3371-led-throwie
When we were told to give a 1 to 2 hour session to 8 to 18 year old kids about what we do, we didnt knew what to do.
We do Programming, Electronics, PCBs, Arduino, 3D Printers and what not - so we went with the general idea of MAKING and Maker Culture.
Asked on HackaDay Stack page about it: https://hackaday.io/page/1895-led-throwies-any-other-bright-project-ideas-for-kids-8-to-18
and though some of the suggestions were awesome, we were a bit short on time. so we went with LED THROWIE KITS, we call JUGNU, which is Urdu for Firefly
Now, thinking what to do next time, we will have a NEW batch of kids and the kids in the first batch said, it was too easy, so maybe something a bit more difficult/challenging.?
ZaidPirwani
A great idea. Some very basic electronics to get the kids interested to begin with. It's too easy these days to just open a box and play games. Getting hands on is a great way to break that cycle:-)