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==Possible Formats==
#Standard course based
#In-class demonstrations
#Parent+child classes
==Schedule==
==Topics==
===Soldering===

*Chemistry of solder: Why Lead Free solder?
*Chemistry of Flux: Why do we use flux? Why Resin, Acid or Water based?
*The difference between solder and welding
*Blob or Twist? Mechanical Strength and stability
*Free-Form or PCB? Advanced Stabilization techniques
*Solder gun, Solder Pencil, Solder Paste, Reflow, and Reheat
*Through hole, and Surface Mount

===Electronics===
*The concept of a Circuit
*Serial versus Parallel, or Series Parallel
*Ohms Law, Voltage, Amperage and Resistance
*The concept of D.C. versus A.C.
*DC Circuits
**Batteries
**Wattage, Joules, and Energy Storage Density
***The Flashlight circuit
***The LED variation and Polarity
***The concept of "Voltage Drop"
**Resistance and Voltage Drop
***The voltage divider
***Serial LED circuits
***Parallel LED circuits
***The concept of "Amperage Limits"
***Resistance and Amperage Limiting
***Measuring Voltage, Resistance, and Amperage
**Capacitors
***Capacitors as electrical storage
*AC circuits
**Frequency, High Frequency, Low Frequency, and Band Frequencies
**Period, and wavelength in frequency
***Capacitors as Filters (Ripple Management)
***High Pass, Low Pass, Band Pass
***High Block, Low Block, Band Block
***Coupling and Decoupling A.C. and D.C. components of a signal
***Signals in D.C. (Binary and Analog)
***Digital Signals versus Analog Signals
***Analog to Digital Conversions
***Digital to Analog Conversions
**Inductors
***Magentic theory: Every Wire is an inductor
***Creating Magnetic Fields, Electrical currents create magnetism
***Detecting Magnetic Fields Moving Magnetic fields create electrical currents
***The Building and Collapse of the Magnetic Field in A.C. currents
***The A.C. Current, and Electro-magnetics (solenoids, electromagnets and Railguns)
***Coils, Antennas, and other "Shaped Inductors"
***Generators, Alternators, and Power Generation
***Transformation, the A.C. to A.C. conversion of voltage
***Inductors as filters
****High Pass, low pass, and band pass filters
****High Block, High Block, and Band Block filters
***The Sine Wave versus the Cosine Wave
***The Idea of Phase
***Capacitance Phase changes
***Inductive Phase changes
***Phase versus Power Factor
***The concept of a TANK circuit
***Reactance and the concept of phase as resistance to flow
***Radio-Waves, What is reception and transmission?
*Active Circuits
**The idea of Semi-conductors
**N doped Semi-conductors
**P doped Semi-conductors
**The idea of NP junctions
**The Diode
***Polarity of Diodes
***Back Voltage, and Breakdown voltage
***Junction minimum voltages
***Converting A.C. to D.C. using diodes
***The Bridge
***The Half-Bridge
***Other Bridge Circuits
**NPN junctions (transistors)
**PNP junctions (transistors)
***The Transistor as Switch
***The Transistor as Amplifier
***The Transistor as Invertor
***The Transistor as an adjustable Capacitor
***The Transistor as an adjustable Resistor
***The Transistors minimum voltage
***Ranges of Transistors
***Switching speed versus Transistor size
***Switching Capacitance of Large Transistors
***The need to decouple large transistors
***Open Sink, Versus closed sink outputs
***Tristate why a high inductance output limits transistor response
***Current limiting of Transistor Outputs

===Radio===
*What is a Spectrum
*The Radio Spectrum
*Generating Radio waves by Induction
*Why both the transmitter and the receiver have Frequency Control circuits
*The RC, RL, and Tank Circuits versus the Quartz Crystal
*Resonance and Reactance
*Amperage and Voltage Versus Radio Range
*Amplitude Modulation (AM)
*Frequency Modulation (FM)
*Frequency Jumping, and Spread Spectrum
*Cellular Concepts
**What is a Cell
**Why does reception vary across the City/Country
**Traveling from Cell to Cell
**Digital vs. Analog Cell Signals
**Does A Digital Signal assure privacy?
***Encryption versus Coding

===Robotics===
*basic analog
**line follower
**wall follower
**Photo-vore/Photo-phobe
**Tensor Control Systems
**Analog RC (wire guided)
*basic digital
**wall/line follower
**servo/range sensor/Optical feedback devices
**IR/Sonar/Mechanical "Senses"
**logic based actions
***Hard Programs (CRC devices, 3D printers etc.)
*A.I. based Robotics (added for completeness, probably too advanced for age range)
**Rule Bases
**Fuzzy Logic
**Inductive Control (I.E. Power-Hunger)
**Darwin and other BBD's
*Control Schemes (added for completeness TX 2B/RX 2B are readily available in cheap toys)
**Digital RC (TX2B/RX2B)
**Semi-Autonomous robots
**UAV's and Autonomous Robots
**Social Robots,
**Robots as Agents, Multi-Robot Language and Mapping Strategies

===Mechanics===
*The Fulcrum/Axle
*The Wheel
*The Lever
*The Spring
*The shaft
*The spur gear
*The Rack gear
*The Worm gear
*The Pulley
*The Motor
*Engines of Different Types as Motors

===Welding===
*The difference between welding and soldering
**Ceramics and Syntering as welding
***The Plastic Limit and the Phase change between solid and liquid
*Metal to Metal Welding
**Dissimilar metal concerns
**Thermite and aluminum welding
**Brasing a case in point
**Oxy-Fuel cutting and welding
**The Stinger and Rod Welding Technique
**Wire welding
***Metal in Gas Welding
****CO2
****Argon
****Helium
****Titanium in Gas Welding
**Capacitance Welding Techniques (and why not to solder directly on batteries)
**Powder in Gas, (often laser heated) Welding
***Advanced Additive Welding Techniques similar to 3D printing
*Plastic to Plastic Welding
**Plastic cutting with the "Hot Wire" Technique
**Plastic Welding using Plastic welding rods
**Plastic Lamination as Welding
**Concerns with Welding dissimilar plastics
**3D Printing as a Plastic Welding Technique

===Machining===
*The Artist Freeing the Art from the Media
*Shaping things by removing material
*Basic Safety around power tools
*Making Holes with a drill by hand
*The Brace and Bit, Rotary Drilling becomes practical
*The Hand Drill and Bits
*Constraints on movement, Why the Drill Press is better
*The Lathe
**The Pottery Wheel, shaping Mud
**The early Whip Shaft Lathe
**Rotary Lathes
**Steam Powered Lathes
**Electrical Powered Lathes
**The Modern Wood Lathe
**The Modern Metal Lathe
**CNC Lathes
**Turret Lathes
*The Mill, (Turning the Lathe on end)
**The Router, a Hand-Mill
**The Router Table, better quality
**The Router Jigs
**The Machining Mill, as Controlled combination of drill press and Router Table
**The CNC Mini-Mill
**The CNC Mill
**CNC Panel Board Milling

===Carpentry===
*Working with wood
*Basic Safety around power tools
*The use of sandpaper
**Sandpaper Coarseness versus surface roughness
**Removing Finishes, and coarser paper to break the finish
**Advancing from coarse to fine to improve the finish
**The use of rouge for fine surfaces
**Power sanders
***The Orbital Sander, (and finishing sander)
***The Belt Sander
***Shaping with the Spindle sander
***The hand Disk Sander
***The Table Disk/Belt Sander
*Cutting wood
**Stress Relief on the blade, Notches and stress when cutting
**Sharpening versus Honing
**care of blades
*The knife
**Whittling by hand
**The use of hand chisels
**Special Care for hand chisels
**The use of "Hammer Type Chisels"
**The Hollowground chizel blade and why it exists
**The Hand Plane, Shaving off thin surface irregularities
*** Specialized types of hand planes
**The Powered Hand Plane
**The Dimensioning Plane
**The shaper/edger
*Composite Blades
**The file as a gang of blades
***Coarseness versus surface roughness
***Draw Filing to reduce surface roughness
***The Rasp, fast removal of material for shaping
***The file/Rasp Blade profile and what type of material removal to use it for
***Cleaning the file to keep it cutting well
**Burrs, and Grinding Tools
***Using in a Dremel or Router to do detail work
**Drills, Blade and Shaft Types
**Drilling by Hand
**Drilling with a Drill Press
**Special Types of Drill Bits (Forstner Bits, etc.)
**The basic set of Router Bits
***Profiles
***Rabits
***Grooves
***Pilot type bits
***Guides Jigs, and Tables making a hand Router more useable
**The lathe
***Basic Lathe Safety
***The tool-rest and Lathe chizel types
***Turning speed versus cut-depth/Hardness of wood
***Turning bowls etc.
***Profile turning with a pantograph and a profile
**The saw as a linear gang of blades
**Saw tooth styles
**The Hand Saw
***The crosscut saw
***The Rip saw
***The coping saw
***The Hack Saw
***The Miter Saw
***Blade sharpening techniques
***Long-Lasting carbide Tips on blades
***Specialized Saw Blades
**The Power Saw
***The circular saw
****The Skill Saw or Hand Circular Saw
****The Table saw
****The chop-saw, Miter-saw, Compound Miter saw
****The Panel Saw
***Other types of power saws
****The Reciprocating or Saws-all Saw
****The Scroll Saw
****The Belt Saw
****The Gang Saw
****The Chipping Saw

===Painting and Finishing===
*The chemistry of Paint
**Oil versus Latex
**Health aspects of new Plastic/Organic paints
**Tints, Stains, and toxicity
**Why Lead in paint is discouraged
*Getting a smooth even layer
**Using a Brush
**Using a roller
**Using a Sprayer/spraybomb
**Using a Powder coat
*preparation for painting/staining etc.
**scuffed but even surfaces, getting the paint to stick
**Dry, Clean Surfaces
**Opening the pores of wood etc.
**Matching the chemistry to the Material being painted
**Matching the chemistry to the expected environment
**Masking and covering against spills/overspray
*The Painting Environment
***Ventilation versus Protection from contamination
***Paint booths for fine finishes
***Curing versus Baking how to harden the paint
***The painters Mask, why different masks for different paints
***Why White Coveralls?
*Clear Coats, Varnish, Shellac, etc.
**Putting on a shine
**Shellac, and Varnish, getting depth to the shine
**Clear Coats, and Varathane, a hardy clear surface to the paint/stain
**Oils and waxes Nourishing the wood, to keep it from drying out

===Photography===
*high quality pin hole camera
*The theory of photo-lithography
*The DarkRoom is it obsolete? Why you might not want to get your film developed by a service
*Quick-shots versus SLR cameras why look out the lens?
*Digital versus Film which is better?
*The theory of Digital Cameras
*Scanners versus Digital Cameras
*Image Manipulation, and Quality Control
*The controls on your camera
**Fstop
**Shutter Speed
**Lens size versus Light/Focus Depth etc.
**The Zoom, which is better optical zoom or digital zoom
**Focus versus infinity
**Macro-Modes
**Flash versus Fstop/shutterspeed
**should I use a filter?
**Making Movies
**Making Panaramas
**Making Time-delay movies
**High Speed Cameras and slowing down fast events.
**Hacking your camera

===Movie Making===
*The script
*The StoryBoard
*Do you really need that silly clacker thing?
*The idea of short-takes, and long editing sessions
*The Cutting Room Floor (So to speak)
*Consistency versus long filming periods

===Writing===
===CAD/3d Printing===
*basic 3d design using free google sketchup
**print 3d model or model object from thingiverse
*3d scan using kinect
**possibly print the result of the scanned model, eg your face as a keychain

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