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Electronics & Circuits Summer Camp in Springfield, IL

The Springfield, IL metro area has about 206,033 residents, ranking 230th in the country. The case for electronics & circuits summer camp here is not that the area lacks camps — it is that most of them end without the child being able to explain what they made.

Ages 8-14 · For families · Illinois · Midwest

Electronics & Circuits Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Springfield, IL
Electronics & Circuits Summer Camp — Ellis Abel Learns STEM summer camp materials used in Springfield, IL

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

Springfield, IL — what applies locally

  • The Springfield, IL metro area has about 206,033 residents, ranking 230th in the country.
  • Metro area: Springfield, IL
  • State: Illinois · Region: Midwest

Questions we get from Springfield, IL

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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