The Curley After School (CASP) program is holding its second Maker’s February Vacation camp for budding inventors to hone their electronics and computer programming skills. Open to girls and boys this camp will be the place to take on an electronics project. Instruction will be provided on soldering (lead free), electronic assembly, microcontroller programming. All equipment will be provided. Students will be using the Arduino open source microcontroller as a platform and create a battery powered LED display capable of showing animations, scrolling text, or anything that a 9×14 pixel display can do. Students will be able to take home their project at the end of the camp. Students who attended last year’s camp can take on different projects.

Camp times and dates are 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. daily Tuesday 18th to Friday 21st February. All 6th-8th graders are welcome, places are on a first come first served basis. Scholarships are available.

If you are interested please sign up using the CASP Maker’s Club Application Form, all students must be registered with CASP prior to attending (CASP registration). This class is going to be limited to 12 students so please sign up early if you want to attend.