Telecommunications Lesson Plans

Students research the history and technology of telecommunications. They then report all findings to their 'colleagues,' describing how the networks associated with each technology were affected by the World Trade Center attack.

Students predict whether road, rail, waterway, air, or telecommunications is best way to connect Canada, and justify their choices taking into consideration environmental and economic concerns. Students then compare mass of materials being moved by different modes and examine how technology has reduced time needed to move letter across country.

Students telecommunicate and use the US Mail to network students from five biomes in the United States in order to monitor water quality in each area. They have e-mail pals and exchange materials representative of themselves and their environment.

Students research the development of satellite technology over the last 50 years students explain how the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 changed the rules for corporate ownership of multiple media outlets.

Learners examine the mergers of banks, airlines and telecommunication companies. After reading an article, they determine how the information supports or refutes the contestable markets theory. They answer questions and discuss them as a class to end the lesson.

Seventh graders collect/analyze data and draw conclusions; support reasoning by using a variety of evidence; construct logical arguments; access information at remote sites using telecommunications; apply the concept of percent; represent numerical relationships in graphs; and construct inferences and convincing arguments based on data.

Students become familiar with how to send an email to another person. They assess digital cameras and a variety of computer software to become computer literate in communicating with others via the internet. Each student also collaborates with other students via telecommunication.

Students create a Wiki. In this Backback's Wiki lesson, groups of students explore curriculum-related problems. They research the issues and develop strategies and solutions for the given situation. Students share their Wiki website with the class.

Students create a digital image. In this "Who Am I?" lesson, students gather data about themselves and create a digital persona.  Students guess who their peers are upon completion. 

Students build a Monarch cage and wait for their butterflies to  be in the chrysalis stage.  In this Monarch butterfly lesson, students observe the butterfly coming out of the chrysalis. Students photograph the emerging butterfly and complete a data sheet. Students feed their butterfly.