Listening Quiz: Howtoons

In the past, people fixed all of the machines they owned.

Many everyday objects are now too complicated for most owners to repair.

With many objects, it is more expensive to repair an old one than to buy a new one.

Griffith feels that children nowadays are gaining what he calls a “culture of innovation and repair.”

Griffith invented an inexpensive system for making eyeglasses and a giant, 3,000- square-foot kite that can produce electricity.

Howtoons is a cartoon series that helps kids learn to think like inventors.

With the help of Howtoons, kids use soda bottles to create rockets or to make “waterscopes” for looking at objects underwater.

Griffith thinks it’s not too late for adults to read howtoons.