This is for animation i have 5 questions all together, but i'm going to put one at a time. but i really need

1) in unit 1, we learned how to create a variety of animation tools at home to better understand the field of animation. could you easily apply this same idea (creating specific tools) to learn about other industries/topics? what other industries use specific tools that could potentially be created at home to deepen your understanding of the subject matter? explain.