Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a night light senses darkness and turns itself on. 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 night light senses darkness and turns itself on.
- When does a night light turn on?
- How might it 'know' that the room is dark?
- Why do some people like to have a night light?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: night light, dark, sensor, glow, automatic.
Try it: Draw your room in the day and at night and show where a night light would help.