The best results, in terms of positive kid, parent and teacher
feedback, arise from choosing something that you enjoy doing that
almost nobody else in the group has ever done.  Your enthusiasm is
more valuable than anything.

Build a list of things you enjoy doing, and assess each one for how
easy it would be to transfer the skill.

There's a connection with delivery tactics.  People learn when they
are made briefly uncomfortable.  Kids of that age are most easily
swayed by each other; so whatever you choose to do must be interesting
for a majority of them.  Assess each idea against how likely it is for
the kids to be interested.  It depends on the kids.  Then when
delivering the content, engage the interested with the uninterested.

Should comedic delivery be your thing; surprise them with the truth,
every 15 seconds.  That is, you set them up with their own expectations,
then knock them down, at a rate of about 0.0666 Hz.

Things I've done with kids;

- making a torch; 5mm white LED with twin AA cells and push button,

- night light; 5mm red LED with twin AA cells, always on or dark
activated, using "flat" cells taken from other appliances; an opportunity
to explain the discharge curve,

- arduino blink sketch; a tool that can act faster than they can,

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