评论：适用于STEM孩子的littleBits小工具和Gizmos电子产品套件-CSDN博客

I love posting about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and some of the great resources, products, and software that we can use to better prepare the next generation of little techies.

我喜欢发布有关STEM(科学，技术，工程和数学)以及一些有用的资源，产品和软件的信息，我们可以使用它们更好地为下一代小技术人员做准备。

Here's some previous posts I've done on the topics of STEM, kids, programming, and learning with young people:

这是我之前完成的一些关于STEM，孩子，编程和与年轻人一起学习的文章：

The 8 year old (recently 7, now barely 8) has been playing with littleBits lately and having a blast. He loved SnapCircuits so littleBits seemed like a reasonable, if slightly higher-level, option.

8岁的孩子(最近7岁，现在只有8岁)最近一直在玩littleBits并爆炸。他喜欢SnapCircuits，因此littleBits似乎是一个合理的选择，即使是更高层次的选择也是如此。

SnapCircuits boldly has kids as young as three or four creating circuitry from a simple light and switch all the way up to a solar-powered radio or a burglar/door alarm. It doesn't hide the complexities of volts and amps and includes low-level components like resistors. Frankly, I wish my first EE (Electrical Engineering) class in college was taught with SnapCircuits.

SnapCircuits大胆地让3至4岁的孩子从一个简单的灯开始创建电路，并一直切换到太阳能收音机或防盗/门警报器。它没有掩盖伏特和安培的复杂性，并且包括电阻等低电平组件。坦白地说，我希望我在大学里开设的第一门EE(电气工程)课程是通过SnapCircuits进行的。

LittleBits (usually a lowercase L) jumps up a layer of abstraction and includes motors, motion detectors, LED arrays, and lots more. There are also specific kits for specific interests like a littleBits Musical Electronics Synth Kit and a littleBits Smart Home Kit that include specific littleBits that extend the base kit.

LittleBits (通常为小写L)跳到了一层抽象，其中包括电动机，运动检测器，LED阵列等等。还有一些针对特定兴趣的特定套件，例如littleBits音乐电子合成器套件和littleBits智能家居套件，其中包括扩展基本套件的特定littleBits。

The key to littleBits is their magic magnet that makes it basically impossible to do something wrong or hurt yourself. The genius here is that the magnet only goes one way (because: magnets) and the connector underlying transmits both power and data.

littleBits的关键是它们的魔力，这使得做错事或伤害自己基本上不可能。这里的天才之处在于，磁体仅以一种方式运行(因为：磁体)，并且下面的连接器既传输功率又传输数据。

You start with a power bit, then add an "if" statement like a switch, then move to do a "do" statement like a motor or light or whatever. In just about 20 minutes my 8 year old was able to take a LEGO custom Star Wars Blaster and add totally new functionality like lights and sounds..

您从电源位开始，然后添加“ if”语句(如开关)，然后移动以执行“ do”语句，例如电机或照明灯或其他。我8岁的孩子仅用了20分钟就可以使用乐高定制的《星球大战冲击波》，并添加了全新的功能，例如灯光和声音。

The 8 year old wanted to show his Star Wars Blaster/Fan combo made with @littlebits #video

这位8岁的男孩想展示他用@littlebits #video制作的《星球大战》冲击波/粉丝组合

A video posted by Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) on Dec 15, 2015 at 8:13pm PST

斯科特·汉塞尔曼(@shanselman)在2015年12月15日，太平洋标准时间下午8:13

One of the aspects of littleBits that I think is powerful but that wasn't immediately obvious to me is that you shouldn't be afraid to use glue or more permanent attachments with your projects. I initially tried to attach littleBits with rubber bands and strings but realized that they'd smartly included "glue dots" and Velcro as well as 3M adhesive pads. Once we stopped being "afraid" to use these stickers and adhesives, suddenly little projects became semi-permanent technical art installations.

我认为littleBits的功能很强大，但对我而言并不立刻显而易见，那就是您不应该害怕在项目中使用胶水或更多永久性的附件。我最初尝试将littleBits与橡皮筋和细绳相连，但意识到它们巧妙地包含了“胶点”和Velcro以及3M胶垫。一旦我们不再害怕使用这些贴纸和胶粘剂，突然间，很少有项目变成半永久性的技术装置。

We got the "Gizmos & Gadgets" kit which is a little spendy, but it includes 15 bits that enables you to do basically anything. The instructions are great and we a had remote-controlled robot that could drive around the room running within an hour. It's a great setup, a fun kit, and something that kids 8-14 will use all the time.

我们得到了“ Gizmos＆Gadgets ”工具包，该工具包有些花钱，但是它包含15位，使您基本上可以执行任何操作。说明非常棒，我们有一个遥控机器人，可以在一小时内在房间内行驶。这是一个很棒的设置，一个有趣的工具包，并且8-14岁的孩子会一直使用。

Here are some fantastic examples of other Star Wars related littleBits projects for you to explore:

以下是一些其他与星球大战相关的littleBits项目的奇妙示例，供您探索：

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