Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a drain carries dirty water away and its bent pipe blocks bad smells. 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 drain carries dirty water away and its bent pipe blocks bad smells.
- Where does the water go after it leaves the sink?
- Why is the pipe under the sink bent like a letter U?
- What should we never pour down a drain?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: drain, pipe, water, trap, flow.
Try it: Trace the water's path from the faucet, down the drain, and away.