Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a microwave uses invisible waves of energy to heat food. 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 microwave uses invisible waves of energy to heat food.
- How is a microwave different from a regular oven?
- Why do we never put metal in a microwave?
- Why does a microwave heat food so quickly?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: microwave, energy, waves, heat, safe.
Try it: Ask an adult which foods are microwave-safe, then write one kitchen safety rule you learned.