Summary
The SciGirls attack a slow, clunky process and make it efficient -- timing each step, spotting the bottleneck and redesigning the system around it. Bilingual (Spanish/English).
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 4.
- Which step was the bottleneck, and how did the girls find it?
- Why time each step instead of the whole thing?
- What slow process at school would you fix?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: process, efficiency, bottleneck, system.
Try it: Time each step of your morning routine. Circle the slowest and write one change that would save a minute.