Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a remote control sends invisible signals to change the TV from across the room. 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 remote control sends invisible signals to change the TV from across the room.
- How does pressing a button change the TV from far away?
- Why do you have to point most remotes at the TV?
- What other things in your home have remotes?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: remote, signal, button, control, invisible.
Try it: Count how many remotes are in your home and list what each one controls.