ALEX Classroom Resources

ALEX Classroom Resources  
   View Standards     Standard(s): [SC2015] PS8 (8) 19 :
19 ) Integrate qualitative information to explain that common communication devices (e.g., cellular telephones, radios, remote controls, Wi-Fi components, global positioning systems [GPS], wireless technology components) use electromagnetic waves to encode and transmit information.

Subject: Science (8)
Title: How Is a Radio Wave Emitted?
URL: https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.energy.radiowv/how-is-a-radio-wave-emitted/
Description:

The sound produced for a radio broadcast may take three different forms and travel dozens of miles before it comes out of your loudspeaker. This illustrated essay from A Science Odyssey Web site explains the conversion of electrical signals to radio waves.


   View Standards     Standard(s): [SC2015] PS8 (8) 19 :
19 ) Integrate qualitative information to explain that common communication devices (e.g., cellular telephones, radios, remote controls, Wi-Fi components, global positioning systems [GPS], wireless technology components) use electromagnetic waves to encode and transmit information.

Subject: Science (8)
Title: How Does a Remote Control Work?
URL: https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/arct14.sci.dsremote/how-does-a-remote-controll-work/
Description:

See how a transmitter sends radio waves to a receiver, which turns them into electrical signals used to operate and control devices. Learn more in this animation from Design Squad Nation.


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