One of the high-school kids in the FIRST robotics club that I mentor is very
interested in learning electronics and I agreed to teach him what I can. 
He's in the high-school's engineering academy, which is mainly electrical
engineering, but he's a sophomore so still pretty green.  But of all the
robotics club members, he's got the best qualities for this -- very sharp,
very interested, and has that get-it-done attitude.  And my participation is
all voluntary, so I'm not following any formal course/syllabus.

I'm thinking he should pick up one of those 50-in-1 (or whatever number)
electronics kits, and I'll teach him a lot of the background (ohms law,
digital gates/logic, transistor basics, etc) from a practical perspective. 
He can learn the deep theory in school later.  I can teach him how to
solder, and have him help me with simple projects.  The eventual goal is to
get him into PIC programming, get him familiar with PCB-layout tools, making
PC-Boards, etc.

Anyone here done this before, and have any recommendations?

Cheers,
-Neil.

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