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Why Are We Able to Talk on a Phone?

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

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Get curious

5 min

Puzzle/quiz (5 min)

Play the “Telephone.”

Instructions

4 min

Video/ Slide show (4 min)

The students watch a video about the evolution of cell phones.

Clicking play will redirect you to YouTube website.

Ask your students the following questions: How much do contemporary phones differ from the first cell phone? Were the first cell phones convenient to operate? What other purposes do you use your phones for?

Get going

10 min

Constructing (10 min)

Working in pairs, the students construct a phone from paper cups and then they test its operation.

Instructions

Get ready for Qs

3 min

Talk (3 min)

Show your students the photo of an old telephone exchange and tell them about the way phone calls used to be transferred in the past.

Ask your students the following questions: What did the work of persons employed at a telephone exchange consist in? What do you think?

Telephone exchange in Montreal

Get ready for Qs

4 min

Video/ Slide show (4 min)

Watch a video about the way a phone works.

Clicking play will redirect you to YouTube website.

Ask your students the following questions: What does a phone consist of? What did phones look like in the past? In what way was sound transmitted over long distances using traditional phones? In what way do cell phones connect with one another? Why do we need phone numbers?

Get ready for Qs

9 min

Movement game (9 min)

The students participate in a game that allows them to understand the way the GSM network operates.

Instructions

List of phone numbers

Phone numbers for students

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Creative expression

The students design and present a phone of the future.

Instructions

Get ready

Print out and cut into pieces Phone numbers for students (pdf) – there should be one number for each student. Print out the List of phone numbers (pdf) as well.

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Constructing: Constructing a phone from paper cups
For each pair of students: two paper cups; a piece of string measuring about 120–160 inches (it would be best to use jute string); a ballpoint pen.
Movement game: How does the GSM network operate?
a few chairs string / masking tape adhesive tape small cards – one for each student We provide: List of phone numbers (pdf) We provide: Phone numbers for your students (pdf)

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In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
1-PS4-4. Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.

Life Skills:

Creative problem-solving
Critical thinking and drawing conclusion
Information and communication technology skills (ICT)

Authors

Author: Paweł Sobieszczyk
Methodology: Agnieszka Staroń, Agnieszka Koszany
Translation: Paweł Fabrowicz
Producer: Agnieszka Koszany, Marta Przywara

Source

This lesson plan is a modified version of one created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

Photo Phone by Alexandra E Rust published on flickr under the CC-BY 2.0 license.

Why Are We Able to Talk on a Phone?

Get curious

Play the “Telephone.”

The students watch a video about the evolution of cell phones.

Get going

Working in pairs, the students construct a phone from paper cups and then they test its operation.

Show your students the photo of an old telephone exchange and tell them about the way phone calls used to be transferred in the past.

Watch a video about the way a phone works.

The students participate in a game that allows them to understand the way the GSM network operates.

Get practicing

The students design and present a phone of the future.

Get ready

Get Going

In this lesson, you will cover:

Life Skills:

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Why Are We Able to Talk on a Phone?