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Curriculum Standards Alignment Topic: Communication Grade Levels: 3–5 National Unifying concepts and processes Science as inquiry Science and technology Personal and social perspectives Science has a human endeavor New Jersey 5.1 - Scientific processes 5.2 - Science and society 5.4 - Nature and process of technology New York 1 - Mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, engineering design 2 - Using appropriate technology 4 - Science: integration and application 5 - Technology: integration and application 6 - Relationships and common themes 7 - Problem solving in the real world Discovery Challenges Communication: Grades 3-5
Your Challenge: Create a Space Time Capsule You are part of the communications team at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Beginning in the 1970’s with the Pioneer and Voyager missions, NASA sent images and sounds into space to make contact with possible intelligent life in the universe. These sounds (spoken words, music, noises from everyday life) and images (photos, drawings, written words) were meant to communicate what life is like on Earth. Your challenge is to create a time capsule that will be launched into space with NASA’s next mission. When developing your time capsule, think about the ways in which people communicate and share ideas. Your time capsule should contain images, sounds, and writing that could communicate information about life on Earth to a distant civilization. About Communication People have been communicating with one another since the dawn of time. Communication is the act or ability of sharing thoughts, opinions, information and/or ideas. It may not be something we think about in great detail, but communication is all around us. There are many different forms of communication including spoken, nonverbal, written, symbolic, electronic and digital communication. Information is gathered through the five senses and sent to the brain. Based on this information, the brain forms thoughts which are then sent to the body and expressed as words, expressions, or gestures. Written and symbolic communication use symbols, signs, and letters to depict language. Electronic and digital communication includes computers, televisions or digital signals such as text messages or email. How you communicate can also depend on culture. For example, in the United States and England, holding out your arm with your palm facing away from you means “stop.” However, in some Asian countries, this gesture is used when someone is asking permission to speak. An English-speaking person from the U.S. might call their home an “apartment” while an English-speaking person from England would call it a “flat.” This illustrates that the same idea may be communicated differently depending on one’s cultural context. Discovery Challenges Communication: Grades 3-5
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