A two day work shop for non ATL schools and underprivileged students was organised by ATAL Tinkering lab of Seth Anandram Jaipuria School on 24th and 25th May 2018. The topic for the work shop was “Basic Electronics and Robotics”. 95 students from five different schools participated in the workshop.

On the first day the students were made aware of the basic purpose of the ATL lab, they were told about the basic components that are required for the making an electronic circuits. Students were explained how components be connected in series and parallel. They had hands on experience of connecting LED in series and parallel using Breadboard. Participants also made a vibrating bug using ice cream sticks, paper cup and vibrating motor. Students were introduced to the basic principles of Robotics and various types of robots that have been made all over the world.

Second day the students were students were told about the components that are required for making a basic DPDT car. Student s prepared the car from the scratch, from drilling holes in the chassis to fixing motors and aligning the wheels and electrical circuits. After the task was over all the models participated in a race. Students were very excited to see the cars prepared by them take part in the race and they cheered for their cars. The winners were given prizes.

The most striking feature of the workshop was that it was completely mentored by a group of students from class 7th , 8th and 9th.