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kidS Civil ServiCe Club 47
MAKE AND CODE ARDUINO FROM SCRATCH WITH
WITH LITTLEBITS
AND DASH & DOT SCRATCH FOR ARDUINO
(PARENT-CHILD What happens when you combine Arduino, You will build:
WORKSHOP) the amazingly simple microcontroller • Traffic Light - Control a few LED lights,
board with Scratch, the ridiculously easy
Spend a morning bonding with your draganddrop programming editor? You get and make a traffic light pattern
child by becoming Makers and Coders awesome! • Light Theremin - Make music by waving
on the littleBits and the Dash & Dot
platforms. Pre-requisites: our hands in thin air
no prior experience necessary. • Race Car - Build a race car game that is
With littleBits, your child has the power
to build electronic circuits that can move, What to bring: controlled by a knob
make sounds, and sense its environment. A laptop, preferably with the following free
Add craft material to make robots, software installed: Date: Saturday, 1 Aug ’15
lighthouses, helicopters and anything • Arduino IDE ( Windows , Mac ) Time: 9am – 12.30pm
else imaginable. Then, programme the • A custom version of Scratch for Arduino Venue: Club CSC @ Tessensohn
Dash and Dot robots on a tablet to Fees: Member $95, Member’s Guest/Public
navigate a maze or make music on a (S4A, Windows , Mac ) Officer $105
xylophone. Member’s Child $95, Member’s Guest’s/
You do not have to bring an Arduino as you Public Officer’s Child $105 (Child should be
Pre-requisites will get to use a complete starter kit. age 10 and above)
no prior experience necessary. This is a Participants will not be able to bring home
parent-child workshop for one parent Note: You will not get keep the starter kit. their projects.
and one child age 6 to 9 years old. But, it will be available for purchase after Contact: Ricky at 6391 5607 or
the course. rickyng@csc.sg
Date: Saturday, 12 Sep ’15 Register By: 24 Jul ’15
Time: 9am – 12pm
Venue: Club CSC @ Tessensohn LED AIR WRITING
Fees: Member & Child pair $95,
Member’s Guest & Child pair $105 WITH ARDUINO
Public Officer & Child pair $105 (Child
should be age 6 to 9 years old)
Contact: Ricky at 6391 5607 or
rickyng@csc.sg
Register By: 4 Sep ’15
Learn how to use persistence of vision with You will get:
Arduino to write short messages in the air • Two hours of fun!
using just a few LEDs. • Prototyping shield with mini breadboard
• Seven LEDs
Pre-requisites: • Resistors and wires
no prior experience necessary. You will • Tilt switch
learn to put together the code and circuit. • Arduino compatible board
Suitable for anyone aged 9 to 18. We offer
differentiated tracks so that more advanced Date: Saturday, 25 Jul ’15
participants do not get bored while newbies Time: 10am – 12pm
still have fun. Venue: Club CSC @ Tessensohn
Fees: Member $85, Public Officer/
Participants have to bring a laptop, preferably Member’s Guest $95
with the Arduino IDE (Windows, Mac) Contact: Ricky at 6391 5607 or
installed. rickyng@csc.sg
Register By: 16 Jul ’15
Get to bring home electronics worth $40!
