We have two clubs that run twice per school year for 10 weeks. For the 6th–12th grade club, facilitators will help kick off the club meetings, and may teach concepts that provide a foundation for their projects. Facilitators and mentors will help answer questions during work time, take project teams to visit their business “clients,” help students think through their project ideas, and help install projects as necessary. The fall club focuses on a holiday light installation showcase that happens on the last day of the session. The student teams partner with NewBo District businesses to design, create, and install programmable LED projects. Volunteers do not have to be present at each of the club meetings, but we appreciate any time volunteers can provide to help students with skills around project management, design ideas/aesthetics, programming, team work, and safety moving around the neighborhood. We also hope to have a second project option for returning students where a subset of the older club will learn how to add a sensor to our existing Raspberry Pi Pico “light boxes.” For this project, it would be helpful to have people familiar with electronics, circuits, and prototyping. Skills around electrical engineering, platform development, prototyping, and testing are appreciated.
