Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a cell phone lets you talk to someone far away without any wires. A quick full episode (about 6 minutes) from the how-things-work cartoon, easy to drop into a science or STEM warm-up.
Viewer safety
All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This episode shows how a cell phone lets you talk to someone far away without any wires.
- How does your voice reach a friend across town?
- What are all the things a phone can do besides make calls?
- When is it polite to put a phone away?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: cell phone, signal, call, message, wireless.
Try it: Draw a phone and label three different things it can do.