📹 Security Camera
Discover the Security Camera!
A Security Camera is used for watching and recording an area to help keep it safe.
🔌 How Does a Security Camera Work?
A security camera records video all the time, or switches on when it senses movement. The video travels along a cable, or over Wi-Fi, to a recorder or computer that saves it. Many security cameras have small infrared lights around the lens, so they can still see in the dark even when the picture looks black and white.
🌟 Fun Facts about Security Camera
- Security cameras, also called CCTV, record video to help keep places safe.
- You can often see security cameras in stores, schools, and parking lots.
- Some security cameras can send video straight to a phone or computer.
- CCTV stands for "closed-circuit television."
🌟 Where You'll Find a Security Camera
You can spot security cameras on the ceilings of shops, at train stations, in parking garages and above the doors of many homes. Some doorbells have a camera built in, so people can see who is at the door on their phone before they open it.
🧠 Quick Quiz!
What is a Security Camera used for?
🏫 Classroom Activity
Have children draw a security camera watching over a room, then talk about how it helps keep stores and schools safe.
🏠 Homeschool Activity
On your next trip to a store, see if you can spot a security camera together and talk about what it might be recording.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What do security cameras do?
Record video to help keep places safe.
Where can you find security cameras?
Stores, schools, and parking lots.
Can security cameras send video to a phone?
Yes, some can.
What does CCTV stand for?
Closed-circuit television.
What activities help kids learn about security cameras?
Spotting one on a walk, drawing a camera watching a room, talking about safety, or coloring a printable worksheet.