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Circuit Makers 101: Eye for Investing

Create Your Own Electronics Grades 6 - 9, Tuesdays, Jan. 12 - Feb. 23 (not 2/16),
4:30 - 6 pm, $135 (6 weeks), Zoom, Instructor:
Grades 1 - 3, Fridays, Jan. 29 to March 26 (Not Sumeit Aggarwal, Activity #: 257731-VIR
2/19), 3:30 - 4:45 pm, $188 (8 weeks), Zoom, Circuit Students will play investing games in a group setting.
Lab Staff, Activity #: 257711-A We will continue with camp traditions such as daily
Let’s get creative with electricity! In this junior version deals and beat the stock market game. Students will
of our Hands-On Electronics class, students will gain be introduced to the investing landscape (stocks,
experience with electronics by designing custom bonds, mutual funds and ETFs). We will cover the
light-up greeting cards, electric games, mazes, and why, what, and how of investing, concepts like
even musical instruments. Each class day includes a investment goals, risk tolerance, valuation metrics,
circuitry lesson and a hands-on electronics project, portfolio diversification, etc., strategies, and
using components like lights, buzzers, switches, mechanics of investing, as well as the risks inherent
wires, and sensors. Circuit Lab staff will make sure in different investments. If you have a curious middle
participants create a project that they can be proud or high schooler who is looking to learn about
of each day. Fee includes a take home kit of project investing wisely, this is the program for them.
materials.

App Inventors Art & Design Club

Grades 5 - 7, Thursdays, Jan. 21 - March 18 Ages 8 - 12, Mondays, Jan. 11 - March 15
(not 2/18), 3:30 - 5 pm, $145 (8 weeks), Zoom, (not 1/18, 2/15), 3:45 - 5:15 pm, $90 (8 weeks), Zoom,
Age
Time
Class
Instructor: Circuit Lab Staff, Activity #: 262711-A Instructor: Stacy Johnston, Activity #: 243201-A
Want to know how the apps work on your phone or We will be creating works of art informed and inspired
iPad? Or do you have the next app idea and need to by art and design through the ages. In addition,
know how to make it? In this course, you will use MIT students will further build and flex their “tech-muscles”
App Inventor software to make fun, creative apps for as we will be using several tech tools and applications
Android phones and tablets. You will also explore such as Zoom, and Google Suite apps (Sites, Jamboard
wireless communication by building custom Bluetooth and Slides). The materials exploration may include
hardware controllers and readouts for our apps. paint, ink, pastels, clay, adhesives, etc. Access to Gmail
Participants will learn both the programming and and a Gmail address is a prerequisite for this class as
design aspects of creating great apps, and have the participants will need access to Google Suite. A $24
opportunity to build apps of their own. A phone or materials fee is before the first class through Venmo,
tablet running Android is also required for testing apps or a check or cash that can be dropped off at the
built in class. Tablets are available to rent; please reach Burlington Parks and Recreation offices.
out to Burlington Parks and Recreation Department
before registering if you need to rent a
tablet.