21st Century Skills InnovatIon LIbrary LittleBits MakerS as Innovators Cherry Lake PubLishing ann arbor MiChigan by amber Lovett
MakerS as innovaTors Chapter 1 What Are LittleBits H ow many electronic items have you used today When you woke up this morning you might have brushed your teeth with an electric toothbrush Maybe you used a hair dryer after your shower Or a printer to print out a homework assign ment Did you turn on a TV today How about a phone tablet or computer At take-apart workshops also known as wreck labs or appliance autopsies you get to take apart unused machines and discover the electronic circuits inside Make sure you ask an adult before taking anything apart 4
littlebits With LittleBits you can build your own electronics Chances are good that you have spent a lot of time today using electronics Researchers say that the aver age American spends over 11 hours every day using smartphones listening to the radio watching TV or movies playing video games or using a computer Yet many of us do not know how these items actually work It is often hard to open up electronic devices to examine their parts and see how they work It can 5
