This is intended as a rough outline of what I'm hoping to cover. The gist of this session is to try to get you enough information that you will be able to avoid the biggest hazards to your components as you are working with them.

I probably won't get to all of these things, and maybe I'll get to some others, but feel free to catch me afterward if you want to poke me about something that I skipped (or get more information about something that I didn't)

• Voltage
• Current
• Ohm's Law Equation
• Power Equation
• How those relate to components
• Resistors
• Potentiometers
• Diodes, specifically the kind that light up
  • Threshold voltage
• Non-polarized Capacitors
  • Breakdown voltage
• Polarized capacitors
  • One-way only; reverse will destroy them
• Soldering (current isn't the only way to make a component too hot!)
• Heat sinks
• Integrated Circuits
  • Static hazard
• Datasheets
• How to figure out which way to hook up an LED and how much voltage it needs
  • LED
  • > 4.5V of battery
  • Potentiometer
  • Multimeter
  • Alligator clips or breadboard and wire