Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how a turnstile lets one person through at a time. 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 turnstile lets one person through at a time.
- Where have you seen a turnstile?
- Why let only one person through at a time?
- How is a turnstile like a door, and how is it different?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: turnstile, gate, one, count, entry.
Try it: Explain a place where a turnstile would help keep a line orderly.