Botspace Boys
Communicating with Light and Sound
Grades 1-2

The Mission

18 min

Storyline

To get RALF to the Intergalactic Music Festival, the crew will create a light device to overcome a communication failure.

RALF has tickets to a music festival on Taipan. Coming out of warp, there is a problem with the communication system. The Infini-D can receive communication, but can't communicate back. RALF will be deva...

3-Dimensional Science

Phenomenon

The normal ship sound communication system isn't working and we need a new communication solution.

Science and Engineering Practices

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Make observations (firsthand or from media) to construct an evidence-based account for natural phenomena.
Generate and/or compare multiple solutions to a problem.

Crosscutting Concepts

Structure and Function

Students observe the shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to their function(s).

Disciplinary Core Ideas

PS4.C: Information Technologies and Instrumentation

People use devices to send and receive information.

ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

Designs can be conveyed through sketches, drawings, or physical models. These representations are useful in communicating ideas for a problem’s solutions to other people. To design something complicated, one may need to break the problem into parts and attend to each part separately but must then bring the parts together to test the overall plan.

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Targeted Standards

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