Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a refrigerator moves heat out of the box to keep food cold and fresh. 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 refrigerator moves heat out of the box to keep food cold and fresh.
- Why does food last longer in the fridge?
- Where does the heat from inside the fridge go?
- Why shouldn't we leave the fridge door open?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: refrigerator, heat, cold, fresh, temperature.
Try it: List five foods that need to stay cold and five that don't, and explain your sorting.