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How could you send a secret message to someone far away?
Lights & Sounds Unit | Lesson 5 of 6

How could you send a secret message to someone far away?

Lights & Sounds Unit | Lesson 5 of 6
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Can`you`think`of`a
way`to`communicate
YES`or`NO`to
someone`using`only
a`light?

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light


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what comes from the Sun and lamps and makes it possible to see things

sound


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vibrations that you can usually hear with your ears

communicate


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to give and get information
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invent


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to create something new, often an object or a way of doing something
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Lesson narration:

Grade 1

Light, Sound, & Communication

Light, Communication, & Engineering

1-PS4-4, K-2-ETS1-2

Activity Prep

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In this lesson, students practice using light to communicate information. In the activity, Secret Signals, students work in pairs to build a device that solves the problem of communicating over a distance. They send secret messages to one another using light and colored markers.
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Exploration

17 mins

Wrap-Up

3 mins

Grade 1

Light, Sound, & Communication

Light, Communication, & Engineering

1-PS4-4, K-2-ETS1-2

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