Scouts NSW - 1st Caringbah Scout Group
Scouts - STEM Electronics 2026 Q3
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Event information
STEM Electronics Projects for the Scouts section
Open for members of the Scouts section of all groups.
During this event Scout age kids of 11-15yo get an introduction about electronics components and how to use a soldering iron, for them to become familiar with them and create a small electronic gadget.
The supervision level during the event is one-on-two with a person skilled in soldering.
The gadget to be made is the "eWoggle" - See https://youtube.com/shorts/YOTZhdBg8Bs?feature=share
Cost: $14, payment on the day at the start of the timeslot.
The registration is "first come, first serve", if the requested slot is exhausted we will offer another timeslot before allocating the slot below.
There are four timeslots of 45 minutes, please be there on time.
| Time slot | Number of free seats | Registrants | |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | 4 | none yet | |
| 13:45 - 14:30 | 4 | none yet | |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | 0 | Ben K, Elise B., Finn B, Sophie K | |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | 4 | none yet |
Special Interest Area in Electronics and Soldering
For Cub Scouts and for Scouts, we have SIA projects available to gain an understanding of Electronics and the skills to work with the components and soldering of them.
See https://1st-caringbah.group.scoutsnsw.com.au/stem-electronics for the documentation, please contact Edwin Groothuis <edwin.groothuis@nsw.scouts.com.au> for participation details.
Other projects
Below projects will be available at other times, see also https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAVHuPB54jjg for the videos for them.
| Project | Cost | Experience level | Age | Description | ||||
| Firebug | $15 | Joey Scouts / Cub Scouts | 7-9 yo | Hide it under some sticks and leaves or transparent paper and create your own fire-like experience | ||||
| Irritator | $23 | Cub Scouts | 9+ yo | A light-driven Theremin instrument | ||||
| Hypnotic | $17 | Cub Scouts | 9+ yo | Three LEDs flashing in an ever changing pattern | ||||
| eWoggle | $14 | Cub Scouts / Scouts | 11+ yo | A woggle with flashing light patterns | ||||
| Dit-dit-dit-dat | $25 | Scouts | 12+ yo | A morse code practising tool | ||||
| Find Me | $22 | Leaders only | A periodic light and sound producing findable object |
