STEM：打造自己的手持遊戲機

In this 4 week course we will cover the history and instructions on making your own handheld game console. 
We learn how handheld consoles came to be, what parts are in a handheld console, safety topics when building the console, learning how to solder, building the game console, and finally how to install games onto your new console. 

We will be using a existing game console kit from CircuitMess as seen here: https://circuitmess.com/nibble/ 
If you sign up you will get a special 30% discount code for the Nibble with the course.

Class Summary
Week 1: Handheld gaming history
  - Here we cover the history of handheld gaming, how the technology has changed, popular gaming systems and pioneers of the gaming industry. 

Week 2: Handheld gaming breakdown and safety guide for our build
  -In week two, we learn all the parts that make up a game console, how they work together.
  -We will go through a safety course one proper solder technique and safety concerns when going through our build. 

Week 3: Building our handheld gaming console
  -We now get to build our console. This class will be instructions on how to build the console, what to look out for when soldering and how to build the device. **Adult assistance is a must**

Week 4: Installing some new games onto the system
  -We will install some new games onto our device, and we will also learn about what software is used for making new games for the game system.

Class Interaction
Each week you will  watch a video with the course content on it. For weeks 1, 2 and 4 there will be homework that reinforces some of the information we learned in class.
Week 3's homework will be the system build.  
I encourage communication between fellow learners with their progress, troubleshooting and why handheld gaming is an interest to them. 
Learners will team up for history homework where learners research a handheld device and find some interesting information about it and post it in the classroom. 
We will share our high scores from some of the learning games we play to encourage friendly classroom competition. 
Once the console is built, learners will take a short video discussing what they enjoyed about the project, what they learned and what they would like to improve on it, this teaches the learner how to do a miniature product review. 

 
Since this is a DIY project, most of the learning will be through hands on practice, but we have some facts and games to help solidify information that we've learned in the history, components, and safety classes.

Learner Experience
No prior experience is needed. We will learn how to complete everything through the course.