7 Segment session in Bangalore.

From STEM land 3 people went to Bangalore for one intern in Aura. Their we wanted  to do a session on electronics for the younger grade. Sanjeev’s sister is running a learning centre for the children. So we proposed her that we can conduct a course on electronics for about a 3 hour session for the children. we started the session at 10AM and ended at 1PM.  First they learnt about Seven Segment Display(SSD). Children worked in a group of 3 in  which boys and girls were mixed together. Then we introduced all the components that are required for lighting up their names using seven segment display. We had asked then to  draw the structure of the seven segment display and to pin connection for each LED. Once they had found the pin connections , we introduced the bread board to them. Then children wrote their names in their notebook as it looks like in the seven segment display and understood how to lit up their name using SSD.

Children learnt how to how to use multimeter and check the voltage of the 9v battery, use 1k resistor and using breadboard and wiring up the circuit. Children were fully engaged for 3 hours and they didn’t get distracted by some things.I was inspired by the children when the class got over children collected all the components and kept them in their corresponding boxes. This shows that the children are responsible and want to keep their place clean.

At the end of the session we closed with reflections from each one of them. We had asked them what they learnt . Many of them said that they.

Learn to connect wire and connect a circuit. Cutting wire, Light up SSD,
Group made a word CAT using SSD, Connect a circuit using breadboard. Group MIA learnt to connect wire and build circuit and light up segment. One group made 39.76C using SSD. All things were new stuff for the children and they learn to work together as team. learnt to communication in group