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Electronics & Circuits Summer Camp in Des Moines, IA

The Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA metro area has about 758,539 residents, ranking 82nd in the country. Somewhere in it are children who would love electronics & circuits summer camp and have never been offered one within driving distance.

Ages 8-14 · For families · Iowa · Midwest

Electronics & Circuits Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Des Moines, IA
Electronics & Circuits Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Des Moines, IA

What the week actually is

Circuits are the cleanest lesson in cause and effect a child can hold in their hands. Wire it wrong and nothing happens; there is no arguing with it, and no partial credit. Children who struggle with abstraction often come alive here.

Day by day

  1. Current, resistance, and a lightbulb
  2. First circuit that works
  3. First circuit that does not, and why
  4. Design your own build
  5. Showcase: it lights up or it does not

Des Moines, IA — what applies locally

  • The Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA metro area has about 758,539 residents, ranking 82nd in the country.
  • Metro area: Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA
  • State: Iowa · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Des Moines, IA

Is soldering involved?
Only for older campers, supervised, and never as a requirement.
What do they take home?
A working circuit build of their own design.
Any prior knowledge needed?
None.

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