Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a DVD stores a whole movie and a laser reads it back. 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 DVD stores a whole movie and a laser reads it back.
- How can a thin disc hold a whole movie?
- Why do we try not to scratch a DVD?
- What do people use now instead of DVDs?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: DVD, disc, laser, store, play.
Try it: List three ways people watch movies and put them in order from oldest to newest.