1-PS4-4: Communication Device Design
Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance. (Connection to Engineering and Technology)
Clarification Statement: Examples of devices could include a light source to send signals, paper cup and string “telephones,” and a pattern of drum beats.
Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include technological details for how communication devices work.
Science Practices
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS4.C: Information Technologies and Instrumentation
Crosscutting Concepts
Assessments
The Wonder of Science Assessments
Shared Assessments
The following assessments were shared by teachers implementing the NGSS. Many of these are drafts and should be used accordingly. Feel free to improve these assessments or contribute your own. Learn more here.
Instructional Resources
Mini Lessons
The Wonder of Science Resources
Shared Resources
Anchor Charts
Phenomena
Videos
Learning Plans
Storylines
Light & Sound Storyline Template (1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-2, 1-PS4-3, 1-PS4-4)
Generic Storyline Template
5th Grade Storyline Sample
Common Core Connections
ELA/Literacy
W.1.7 - Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of “how-to” books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions).
Mathematics
1.MD.A.1 - Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
1.MD.A.2 - Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by layering multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.
MP.5 - Use appropriate tools strategically.
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