Scouts NSW - 1st Caringbah Scout Group
Cub Scouts - STEM Electronics 2026 Q4
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Event information
STEM Electronics Projects for the Cub Scouts section
Open for members of the Cub Scouts section of all groups.
During this event Cub Scout age kids of 8-11yo 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-one with a person skilled in soldering.
The gadgets which can made are:
- The FireBug - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFP30TfBcdM - $15 - 12 units available (8-9yo)
- The Hypnotic - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-UpFb2CGUGE - $17 - 7 units available (9-11yo, relaxing)
- The Irritator - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l9ndF0yxfeA - $23 - 10 units available (9-11yo, energizing)
Payment on the day when starting the activity.
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 three timeslots of 60 minutes, please be there on time.
| Time slot | Number of free seats | Registrants | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | 0 | Axel B, Kai S, Mason W, Scarlett T | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | 0 | Lewis P, Stefan K, Hunter M, Jackson M | |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | 3 | Archer AN |
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 |
