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Communicating with Light

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Communicating with Light

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/buac18-k2-sci-ps-communicatelight/communicating-with-light/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

Observe a group of children using light to communicate over a distance in this live-action video produced by WGBH. Use the video to observe strategies for using light to communicate across a distance as well as to design a light signal code to help you communicate to solve a problem from different locations.

Support materials include Background Reading, Teaching Tips, and Discussion Questions. This resource was developed through WGBH’s Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms project, in collaboration with NASA.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 1

4 ) Design and construct a device that uses light or sound to send a communication signal over a distance (e.g., using a flashlight and a piece of cardboard to simulate a signal lamp for sending a coded message to a classmate, using a paper cup and string to simulate a telephone for talking to a classmate).*

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
P4.10: Vibrating objects produce sound. The pitch of sound can be varied by changing the rate of vibration.

NAEP Statement::
P4.2: Objects vary in the extent to which they absorb and reflect light and conduct heat (thermal energy) and electricity.

NAEP Statement::
P4.9: Light travels in straight lines. When light strikes substances and objects through which it cannot pass, shadows result. When light travels obliquely from one substance to another (air and water), it changes direction.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Disciplinary Core Idea: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Use tools and materials provided to design and construct a device that uses light or sound to communicate signals over a distance.

Teacher Vocabulary:

design
construct
device
light
sound
communication signal
distance
receive
simulate
design process
ask
imagine
plan
create
improve

Knowledge:

Students know:

Light travels over a given distance.
Light can be used to communicate over a distance.
Sound travels over a given distance.
Sound can be used to communicate over a distance.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Use tools and materials provided to solve the specific problem of being able to communicate using signals over distance using light or sound.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

People depend on various technologies in their lives like devices that can be created to communicate over a distance using light or sound.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Sound and Light (Foss)
Sundial, GLOBE
Sky, Delta

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.1.4- Participate in the construction of a device and/or activities that use light or sound.

Tags:

code, communication, light, signal

License Type:

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Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles

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Author:

Stephanie Carver

ALEX Classroom Resource

Communicating with Light