Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a robot vacuum finds its way around a room and cleans on its own. 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 robot vacuum finds its way around a room and cleans on its own.
- How does the robot vacuum keep from bumping into walls?
- What does it do when it gets stuck?
- What other chores could a robot help with?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: robot, vacuum, sensor, turn, clean.
Try it: Draw a path a robot vacuum could take to clean your classroom without missing a spot.