What are inputs?

Inputs are the things that go into something to help it work or change.

Imagine you're making a sandwich. The bread, the cheese, and the ham are all inputs, they’re what you use to make your tasty lunch. Without them, your sandwich wouldn’t be complete!

Like a Recipe

Think of inputs like ingredients in a recipe. If you want to bake cookies, you need flour, sugar, eggs, and butter. Those are your inputs. You mix them together, and then you get cookies, the result.

Like a Toy Machine

Now imagine a toy machine that makes juice. You put fruit into it, and it squishes it until you get fresh juice out. The fruit is the input, just like the bread and cheese in your sandwich.

So whether you're making food or using a cool toy, inputs are what help you create something new, simple and fun!

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Examples

  1. A child adds sugar to hot chocolate. The sugar is an input that changes the taste of the drink.
  2. A baker puts flour and water into a mixer. These are inputs that help make dough.
  3. You plug in your phone. The electricity is an input that charges your device.

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