Craftronics

Explore the Basics of Circuits and Electronic Elements to Bring Your Creations to Life.

 

Students will explore the basics of circuits and electronic elements by using them in various craft projects. These craft projects include building a moving origami swan, fashioning wearable light-up LED bracelets and pins, constructing moving robot bugs, erecting a Play-Doh electronic sculpture and creating paper circuit games and light effects cards. The workshop combines crafting and technology to bring students’ creations to life!

What You Will Learn

Learn the fundamentals of circuits and electronic elements by using them in various craft projects.

• Learn the basics of electronic circuits and electronic elements such as LED, Buzzers, resisters
• Construct simple electrical circuits
• Apply the circuits to creative craft projects

Return to the Sally Ride Science Junior Academy website here.

Note: Upon successful enrollment of a section, students will receive a confirmation email from our Student Services team. This email will include a link to an authorization form that is required to be completed within 72-hours of enrollment. 

In response to COVID-19 health guidelines, we have restructured our in-person Junior Academy workshops as
online courses. Contact us at srs@ucsd.edu if you have questions.

Course Number: ECE-90010
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)

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6/20/2022 - 6/24/2022

$175

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• SECTION ID:

  164873

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Muralidharan, Manju

  Manju Muralidharan has a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago and a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from Anna University, India, She started her career as a Web Developer for Oracle Financial Services Software in Bangalore, India. After moving to the United Stated she worked as an Instructor at the IIT Computer Discovery After School programs in Chicago from 2013 to 2015. She combines her passion for teaching, love for technology and penchant for crafting to teach a variety of courses including Lego Mindstorms, Android App Design, Craft - Electronics, DIY Robots for Library NExT through UCSD Extension and as a volunteer & official vendor for the San Diego Public Libraries.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  1st meeting mandatory.
  Early enrollment advised.
  No UCSD parking permit required.
  No visitors permitted.
  Pre-enrollment required.
  No refunds after: 6/13/2022.
  

• NOTE:

  This is a ELEMENTARY SCHOOL level course. Instructor will email student with Zoom information 24-hours in advance of start date. Please note this email will go to the student email on file, and not the parent email. The course runs the first two hours with an optional office hour the last hour. Supply list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kpeJVJ-kL4_goMLu6I5cH6ev75SbknQT/edit#gid=616566470

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
6/20/2022	Mon	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
6/21/2022	Tue	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
6/22/2022	Wed	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
6/23/2022	Thu	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.
6/24/2022	Fri	9:00 a.m.	12:00 p.m.