Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal where our broken things and trash go, and why sorting and recycling helps the Earth. 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 where our broken things and trash go, and why sorting and recycling helps the Earth.
- Where does your trash go after the truck takes it away?
- What things can be recycled instead of thrown away?
- What is one way your class could make less trash?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: trash, dump, recycle, reuse, Earth.
Try it: Sort a handful of clean classroom items into 'recycle' and 'trash' and explain each choice.