| Lab Name |
What Blocks Radio Waves?
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| Subject Area |
Science
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| Grade |
8
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| Topic |
Evolution of Technology in Science.
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| Experiment Title |
What Blocks Radio Waves?
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| Hardware |
- COSMOS Toolkit
- SDR Nodes (ADALM Pluto SDR)
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- Copper Fabric
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| Software |
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| Number of Sessions to teach the topic |
1 - 2 sessions
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| Educational standards to be addressed |
New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards (NGSS)
- MS-PS4-3
Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals.
Common Core Standards
- SL.8.5
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
- RST.6-8.9
Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text or prepared information on the same topic.
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| COSMOS concepts to be used for the lab |
Transmission of electronic data can be blocked by different materials.
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| K12 Educational Goals (How the educational goals are achieved through teaching using the experiment, how the topic is connected to the COSMOS concepts used) |
Certain materials can block the transmission of radio waves. The COSMOS Technology Toolkit along with several different materials can be used to show students that some materials can block the transmission of radio waves.
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| Short Description and Walk-through of the experiment |
Students will work in groups to perform a series of experiments using 5 different materials with the COSMOS Technology Toolkit to see which one blocks the transmission of radio waves. There are 3 parts to the activity.
- Part 1: Uses the COSMOS Technology Toolkit to transmit a radio signal and alternately using each of the 5 materials to try to block the signal.
- Part 2: Uses walkie-talkies to transmit the radio signal and see which material will block the signal.
- Part 3: Uses copper fabric over a cardboard box to create a copper box and see if radio signals can be transmitted into and out of the box.
- Finally, students will answer questions on their handout relating to the activity they have just completed.
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| Testbed mapping of the experiment |
The experiment can be extended by executing it into a testbed (ORBIT/COSMOS) through the following steps:
This experiment can also be done on the WITEST, ORBIT, and COSMOS testbeds to give real time observations.
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