Our Hands-On Workshop

Our workshops are unique and help young people transform their ideas into practical entrepreneurial projects.

"Inspire Yourself, Break Through Tradition" STEM Workshop

Hands-on Electronic Soldering

The student moving from "screen time" to "soldering time" is a massive developmental leap. At this specific age, they are moving out of the phase of "make-believe" and into a phase where they want to build real things that actually work. Learn circuit principles and soldering techniques.  The "Magic to Logic" Shift by building a crucial "physical bridge" between abstract circuit diagrams and functional hardware. Assemble 5 practical electronic devices

SILICON VENTURE: BUILD YOUR OWN SMART ELECTRONICS WITH AI

Welcome to The Gadget Lab, where middle & high school students transition from technology consumers to hardware creators! In this hands-on engineering course, students select their own custom tech product path—whether designing a flying drone, a solar-powered tracking car, or an interactive gaming gadget. Using professional, browser-based CAD software, students lay out, trace, and manufacture custom fiberglass circuit boards. From there, they learn safe electronics soldering, hardware assembly, and AI-assisted Python programming to bring inventions to life.

Join the 2027(ARC) American Rocketry Challenge Team!

We are forming a highly advanced engineering team to compete in the world’s largest student rocketry competition. While traditional teams use cardboard and glue, our team is going 100% Digital Manufacturing. We will design, prototype, and build a high-performance rocket using Autodesk Fusion 360 and 3D Printing technology—the exact same workflow used by SpaceX and Rocket Lab. 

🛠️ What You Will Learn (Student Perks)

  • Professional CAD Design: Master Fusion 360 to model aerospace components down to the millimeter.
  • Rapid Prototyping: Learn how to iterate designs overnight. Change a file, hit print, and launch the next day.
  • Modular Systems Engineering: Design snap-together rocket modules for instant field repairs.
  • Aerodynamics & Physics: Use flight simulation software to predict trajectories and safely recover fragile payloads (raw eggs!).

🎓 An Investment in Future Success (Parent Notes)

  • Elite STEM Portfolio: This isn't a plastic toy. It is a rigorous engineering project that stands out massively on college applications and scholarship resumes.
  • Industry-Ready Technical Skills: Students gain hands-on experience with mechanical engineering, material science, and manufacturing workflows highly valued by top-tier universities and tech companies.
  • Safety-First Environment: All digital slicing, machine operations, and field test flights are strictly supervised under professional safety guidelines.

From Zero to Apogee: Custom Electronics for NASA Student Launch

💡What You Will Master

In just 12 weeks, you will go from abstract blueprints to physical, launch-certified electronics:

  • Circuit Logic: Move from solderless breadboards to professional schematics.
  • EasyEDA: Draw, route, and manufacture custom circuit boards (PCBs).
  • Fusion 360: Model your custom board in 3D and design a rocket-ready mounting sled.
  • Vibration Survival: Learn soldering and testing protocols to survive high-G rocket launches.
  • Weeks 1–2: 🔌 Foundations – Electricity basics and physical breadboarding labs.
  • Weeks 3–4: 💻 EasyEDA Schematics – Wiring the microprocessor brain and flight sensors.
  • Weeks 5–6: 🗺️ 2D Board Layout – Designing custom board shapes and copper paths.
  • Weeks 7–8: 🛠️ 3D Fit & Solder – Mechanical fit checks in Fusion 360 and soldering school.
  • Weeks 9–10: 🚀 The NASA Payload Build – Designing the official team flight hardware.
  • Weeks 11–12: 📊 Launch Testing – Code uploads, drop testing, and data-logging verification.
  • 🎯 Why You Need This Course
    • Team Advantage: Learn the core technical skills before the intense NASA season starts.
    • Portfolio Gold: Build a custom-designed, physical electronic device to feature on college applications.
    • Industry Tools: Gain hands-on mastery of industry-standard software (EasyEDA & Fusion 360).

🚀 LAUNCH A PRODUCT STARTUP IN 12 WEEKS!

🧠 The Core Differences

  • From Assembly Line to Design Board: In a standard STEM class, students open a box, read instructions, and assemble someone else's product. In your class, students start with a blank digital canvas in EasyEDA. They own the entire intellectual property of their invention.
  • Real-World Consequences & Mastery: Typographical errors in code classes are fixed with a backspace button. In your class, a bad layout means a board fails to power up. This teaches high-level accountability, strict attention to detail, and authentic hardware debugging.
  • A Resume Catalyst: Standard STEM students list "participated in a robotics club" on their college or job applications. Your students can write: "Engineered a custom, factory-produced ESP32 smart hardware device from schematic capture to industrial PCB routing, utilizing AI-assisted simulation and MicroPython code."
  • The Creator Shift: Standard classes turn students into assemblers of other people's kits. Your class turns them into Intellectual Property creators who start from a blank canvas.
  • The Portfolio Leap: Instead of standard homework grades, your students leave the course with a physical, custom-branded, factory-produced electronic product and real-world sales experience.

 

 

 

Transforming Screen Time Into Brain Power (Phase 1)

Dear Parents,

We all know the struggle: getting kids off their screens can feel like a daily battle. But what if we didn’t stop them from playing Minecraft and Roblox? What if we changed how they play?

We are launching a two-phase program designed for students in 5th grade and above that shifts them from passive players to proactive software creators and digital entrepreneurs using the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

💡The Problem with Passive Gaming 

When kids just play games, they are consumers. They passively follow rules written by someone else, seeking quick dopamine hits without exercising deep problem-solving skills.

🧠 The Proactive AI Solution 

In this program, your child becomes the Architect. They will use AI as a personal coding mentor to build their own mods, scripts, and gameplay rules in Minecraft and Roblox.

Instead of just consuming content, they will:

  • Command the Tech: Learn "Prompt Engineering" to tell AI exactly what kind of code they need.
  • Think Logically: Read, deconstruct, and implement text-based coding languages (like Luau and JSON).
  • Build Resilience: When code breaks, they will actively debug it using AI, turning frustration into a puzzle to be solved.
  • Own their Creation: They aren't just playing a game; they are playing their game.

🛠️ What They Will Build

  • Roblox: Exploiting,  disappearing trap bridges, and custom multiplayer obstacle course logic.
  • Minecraft: Custom mythical weapons and modified animal behaviors (like chickens that drop diamonds!).

This program turns a potential distraction into a launchpad for future tech skills, critical thinking, and independent learning. Let’s turn their favorite hobby into their greatest superpower.