1-PS4-4 lessons
Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
The Next Generation Science Standards code 1-PS4-4 asks students to: “Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.” These Fieldbook lesson teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials, a printable teacher guide and a student sheet.
Sound: Can You See a Sound? Grades K–2
- Can a string carry your voice? 45 min
Children build cup-and-string telephones and test them with the string tight, loose and pinched, then compare different kinds of string. They find out that a tight string carries the shake of their voice from one cup to the other.
NGSS is used as written in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, so the code 1-PS4-4 matches there. Other states word and number their own versions: see curriculum alignment for your state's codes.
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