[jakelsaunders94]

Hey, thanks! These are really cool bits of inspiration.

> but the Radio shack kit never really explained why anything worked the way it did...

This has been my experience also. We recently built a solar powered toy with my nephews and when we got to the end they asked 'so how does it work?' which hit the point home for me.

Do you have any ideas on how to create engaging content for the app around this? We've got so far: - Mini articles on each component (with accompanying video). - Mini quizzes to embed learning.

[MillironX]

I don't have any great ideas on how to do it right - I'm in the "don't know what I don't know" phase of electronics. Part of the reason I quit playing with electronics was that I already knew Visual Basic pretty well, and so I could program engaging things quickly while the electronics took a lot of fiddling with no understanding to sometimes get a result.

This has been a handicap in my career where I would by default reach for a Raspberry Pi or a National Instruments RIO in places where an IC or a Arduino would suffice. Stuff like data acquisition units (DAQ) and control systems are prime examples. Maybe by giving those applications first? I can think of several projects my 12-year-old self would have found a use for a DAQ or control system.