8 weeks in-person maker workshops

8 weeks Robotics Maker workshop

Where: The Environmental Education Center, Basking Ridge, NJ

When: Saturdays, February 21 – April 25

(No session on April-11 & April-18 — Spring Break)

Session Times:

Ages 10–11 | Grades 4–5 : 12:15 PM to 1:45 PM Ages 11–14 | Grades 6–8 : 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

email: [email protected]

Ready to be a Maker?

Maker Foundations (Grades 4–5): $325 + $50 Take home robot project (Micro:bit + completed robot)

Maker Robotics Lab (Grades 6–8): $425 + $50 Take home robot project (RaspberryPi Pico + completed robot)

How to sign up:

Pay the $75 registration fee using the button below (applied toward the total cost)
Complete the learner information form to finish registration: Learner's registration form or Sign up
Remaining balance: $300 / $400 to be paid by check at the first session (Payable to Circuits2Robotics Eduventures LLC)

Refundable up to one week before the workshop.

Register by February 10th to secure your learner’s spot!

Questions? email : [email protected]

Ages 10–11 | Grades 4–5 : Maker Foundations

Ages 10–11 | Grades 4–5| Class Size:10 participants
Location: The Environmental Education Center, Basking Ridge
Schedule: 8 weeks | 1.5 hours per session Saturdays 12:15 PM to 2.15 PM
Fee: $325 per participant + $50 materials fee - covers individual robotics supplies for take-home completed robot, includes a Micro:bit microcontroller, 2-wheel robot chassis, electronics, motors, batteries, and components - for learners to continue learning at home.

A fun, creative, first step into robotics! Kids will learn how everyday smart devices interact with the world through sensors - building their own sensor based electronics and turning them into musical, glowing, interactive projects that they can proudly take home. Learners are also introduced to microcontrollers (Micro:Bit) and work step by step over the 8 weeks to build and program a smart two-wheel-drive robot they take home, bringing together sensors, circuits, mechanics, and code into a complete robot. Each week brings a new hands-on maker challenge that blends sensors, microcontroller, tinkering and fun!

What You’ll Learn & Build

Build a smart, microcontroller-based robot with Micro:bit
Learn how circuits, coding and mechanics work together to create robotics systems.
Build Interactive sensor-based projects and see how real-world devices respond to their environment.
Hands-on making: circuits, microcontroller coding and mechanics

Grade 6-8: Maker Robotics Lab

Location: Environmental Education Center, Basking Ridge,NJ
Schedule: 8 weeks | Duration: 2 hours per session I Saturdays 2:30-4:30
Grades: 6,7,8 | Class Size: 10 participants
Fee: $425 per participant + $50 materials fee - Includes all electronics and robotics components, batteries, microcontroller and adafruit chassis for take home 2wd autonomous robots.

This 8-weeks hands-on workshop introduces students to electronics, sensors, microcontrollers, and robotics through structured build-and-test activities. Students design, wire, and program sensor-based robotic systems using the advanced Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) microcontroller boards and Python-based code. Students complete this level-1 workshop by demonstrating and taking home their build - a 2wd autonomous robot.

What students will learn & build:

Learn to Use advanced RP2040- Raspberry Pi Pico based microcontrollers for robotics
Python programming fundamentals for controlling microcontrollers, sensors and actuators for intelligent robotic behavior.
Robotics fundamentals: Motor drivers and power management for robotic systems.
Working with dual infrared sensors and calibrating autonomous robot movement and trajectory responses.
Debugging & troubleshooting —learning to test, analyze, and improve systems.
Team-based challenges involving robot coordination and interaction

Instructor(s)

Workshops will be led by Deepali Gaur, engineer and founder of Circuits2Robotics Eduventures, an online platform teaching robotics and electronics to young makers (ages 10+). Deepali has led numerous in-person maker and robotics programs for middle and high school students in NJ, NY and Singapore and has also mentored competitive high school robotics team that went on to win prestigious RoboCup Junior USA. Her work focuses on making advanced engineering concepts- such as microcontrollers, sensors, and robotics accessible through hands-on, build-based learning; she has developed 170+ structured online learning resources in physical computing, robotics, and Python, used by students aged 11–18 across the U.S. and UK. She will be assisted in the workshops by Ridge High School students & former Circuits2Robotics students.