I Can Be What EDUCATION

 

How do the lights in your bedroom turn on and off? Who changes the street lights or the lights in a stadium? An electrician. 

An electrician is a person who installs, operates, maintains, or repairs electric devices or electrical wiring. Jen digs in and works with an electrician to learn all about how she can install a light, change an outlet, and how electricians work both on teams and independently. 

Support Materials
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Discussion Questions

• Do you like having a schedule or a routine?
• Would you prefer to work inside or outside?
• Does every house or building have a circuit breaker?
• What’s the difference between 2-prong and 3-prong outlets?
• Are you afraid of heights?
• What kinds of tools have you used?
• Do you work well on a team? Or do you like working more independently?

More Electrician & Electricity Resources
These resources are from public media partner organizations – they’re educational, trustworthy, and will help you and your child learn more.

• Electrician
• Construction Trades
• Body Electricity
• Electricity
• Teachable Moment: Electricity
• Electric Girl
• Can you Cook a S’more Without a Fire or Electricity?
• Electric Circuits

 

You’ve heard of an airline pilot, but what about a helicopter pilot? Jen meets a special kind of helicopter pilot who helps in emergencies. 

Ambulances help transport people to hospitals if they are injured. In this episode, Jen meets a medical helicopter pilot who helps people get to the hospital faster than any ground transport. 

Support Materials
Use the resources below to help keep your kids learning – asking questions, learning new words, and exploring connected resources!

Discussion Questions

• Can helicopter pilots fly other planes?
• Can airplane pilots fly helicopters?
• Why does the weather impact whether a helicopter can fly or not?
• Do airplanes have to balance like helicopters?
• Helicopter pilots need to know a lot of technical words. 
• Are the crews the same on a medical helicopter and an ambulance?
• Why do you think it’s important to stabilize a patient before driving or flying?

More Helicopter and Pilot Resources
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• Airport Field Trip
• Tracking Polar Bears in a Helicopter
• Alaska Native Pilots
• Rachel Obermoller – Pilot/Aviation Representative
• Amelia Earhart
• Model Airplanes
• Flight

 

Mechanics work on cars, trucks, and vans, but who works on BIG trucks like tractor trailers, garbage trucks, or ambulances? Jen meets up with a diesel mechanic who owns a fleet repair shop where he works on and maintains large vehicles.

Support Materials
Use the resources below to help keep your kids learning – asking questions, learning new words, and exploring connected resources!

Discussion Questions

• Why are tires on vehicles all different sizes?
• Do you think it would be easy or hard to roll a tire?
• What does it mean to balance a tire?
• Do you use checklists for any of your work?
• How do you keep track of all your tasks?
• What’s the difference between a mechanic and a diesel mechanic?
• Do you think the computers inside of a vehicle are the same as the computers you use?
• What kinds of things can you take apart and put back together?

More Diesel & Mechanic Resources
These resources are from public media partner organizations – they’re educational, trustworthy, and will help you and your child learn more.

• Jet Engine Mechanic
• Mechanized Agriculture
• Electric Cars
• Mountain Boarding