BASIC EDUCATION ASSISTANCE FOR MINDANAO

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Competencies

Science, Year 4: Radio communications

• Describe how radio signals are generated, transmitted and received
• Explain how radio communication devices (e.g. Cellphones, radio/TV
receivers) work
• Discuss how LASER and fiber optics had improved telecommunication
Science, Year 4: Electromagnetic waves and communication
• Explain how electromagnetic waves are produced
• Discuss the different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, their
properties and uses

Objectives

• Explain how Electromagnetic Waves are produced.

• Discuss the properties and uses of the different regions in the
Electromagnetic Spectrum.
• Discuss how radio signals are transmitted and received.

Essential Concepts

• Transverse wave is a wave that moves perpendicular to the medium.

• Electromagnetic Spectrum is the continuous range or frequencies.
• Radio wave is the longest wave in the spectrum.
• Microwaves have shorter wavelengths than radiowaves.
• Infrared waves have both long and short wavelengths.
• Visible light waves are the only waves we can see. We can see them as
colors of the rainbow.
• Ultraviolet light has shorter wavelengths than visible light.
• X-rays are so powerful that they can easily pass through the skin.
• Gamma ray is the highest frequency and most energetic region of the
electromagnetic Spectrum.
• Radio is the transmission and reception of Electromagnetic radiation in
the radio frequency range.
• For the propagation and interception of radio waves, a transmitter and
receiver are employed.

Organizational Strategies

• Grouping of students

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Specific Vocabulary

• Amplitude Modulation - is a technique used in electronic

communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a
radio wave.
• hertz - is a measure of frequency.
• Frequency Modulation - conveys information over a carrier wave by
varying its frequency.

Key Assessment Strategies

• Rubric
• Checking of outputs

Activities
1. Unscramble Me!
Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Grasp meaning Body/Kinaesthetic Personal Response

Visual/Spatial

2. And There Was Light!

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Understanding information Interpersonal

3. 3.1 Making Waves

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Grasp meaning Interpersonal

Recognition of hidden meanings Visual/Spatial

4. 3.2 Just Wavy

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Grasp meaning Verbal/Linguistic

Identification of components
Seeing patterns

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5. 3.3 And The Verdict Is....

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Mastery of subject matter Interpersonal

Translate knowledge into new context Verbal/Linguistic
Understanding information

6. 4 See Me In Wavestown
Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Knowledge of major ideas Interpersonal

Recognition of hidden meanings Visual/Spatial

7. 5.1 Our Electromagnetic Lives

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Mastery of subject matter Interpersonal

Relate knowledge from several areas Verbal/Linguistic
Use information

8. 5.2.a The World Communicates

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Translate knowledge into new context Verbal/Linguistic

Visual/Spatial

9. 5.2.b Transmit Yourself

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Seeing patterns Body/Kinaesthetic

Logical/Mathematical

10. Electromagnetic Wave: Its Benefits

Thinking Skill Multiple Intelligence Text Type

Mastery of subject matter Body/Kinaesthetic

Translate knowledge into new context Visual/Spatial

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