Summary
A practical Design Squad how-to: how to patch or replace a flat bike tire yourself. Along the way you'll see how the parts of a wheel work and how to repair them.
Viewer safety
All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
After watching:
- Why does taking care of a machine like a bike matter?
- What did you learn about how the parts work — how the parts of a wheel work and how to repair them?
- What other machine at home could you learn to care for or fix?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: maintenance, tool, part, repair.
Try it:
- With an adult, find the part shown in the video on a real bike.
- List the repair steps in order, as if teaching a friend.