Hi Christopher,
Welcome to the club.
Its great your interested in appliances at such a young age.
I work on appliances every day, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE be carefull when looking inside / repairing machines. Switch the plug off!
I am paranoid about checking the power is off!.
(I hope you don't think I am patronising you because of your age, at 11 I knew nothing about repairs!).
bertum
ps, the dryer is older than that, that model was manufactured from 1998-2001