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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Wireless Message by Victor Appleton

For Students 5th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Wireless Message, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1915, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...
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Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Wireless Networks and Hotspots

For Students 9th - 10th
Wireless networks are more convenient than wired networks, but wireless networks are susceptible to a wider range of security threats. This resource describes some of these security threats and how to configure a secure wireless network.
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Other

Ubm: Wide Area Wireless Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on wide-area network wireless technology. Covers the advantages of wireless computing.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Tom Swift and His Wireless Message

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Victor Appleton's Tom Swift And His Wireless Message has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Wireless Message" by Ambrose Bierce

For Students 7th - 9th
"A Wireless Message" is a supernatural story about a man who takes a walk one evening and everything around him has a soft red glow. Find out why by reading the full text on this site.
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Other

Wireless Week

For Students 9th - 10th
This online journal provides information and current news about WiFi and related network technology.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Guglielmo Marconi

For Students 9th - 10th
Wireless communication was around in the 1800's. Learn about Guglielmo Marconi, his discovery of wireless communication and his rewards.
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Other

Wi Fi Alliance: Knowledge Center

For Students 9th - 10th
The Wi-Fi Alliance was formed in 1999 by several industry leaders with the goal of promoting a global standard for high speed wireless networks. The Knowledge Center area of their website is searchable and includes a glossary of Wi-Fi...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Remote Control Using Bluetooth

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Building on what they learned about wired and wireless electrical connections in the associated lesson, students use Android phones to take advantage of Bluetooth wireless connections to remotely guide LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots through...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Guglielmo Marconi Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about the life and scientific work of Guglielmo Marconi. This man was recognized for his work in "the development of wireless telegraphy". He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in...
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Other

Canada's Digital Collections: Marconi

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Marconi tells the story of how he sent the first wireless signal across the Atlantic in 1902.
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Other

Rms Titanic: Titanic Science: The Story of the Titanic [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 9th
An activity guide for exploring the science of the Titanic. Learn about principles of shipbuilding, how the Titanic sank, wireless radio, the accuracy of survivors' stories with respect to what really happened, and artifact conservation.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Get Breezy!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students apply an understanding of the concept of heat transfer through convection, conduction, and radiation as they use wireless temperature probes to investigate the heating capacity of different materials under heat lamps.
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Other

Marconi Corporation: Marconi Calling

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Guglielmo Marconi's life and his scientific achievements in the realm of radio and communications. Hear wireless transmissions, and use the interactive timeline to see the development and use of Marconi's achievements.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Guillermo Marconi

For Students 9th - 10th
This site chronicles the father of wireless communication. Examines his life and how his accomplishments affected both society and warfare.
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Other

Mit Technology Review: Zig Bee Takes It Easy

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describes ZigBee wireless communication, its uses and features, and one of its first targeted applications - cheaply installed portable light switches, thermostats, and security systems in the home. (Published August 19, 2004)
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Rogue Access Points

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about rogue access points to understand wireless internet access.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Principles of Digital Communications I

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the theory and practices in digital communications. Webpage includes twenty-four lectures from a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures vary...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Radio

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Marconi Radio 1897

For Students 9th - 10th
A number of distinguished scientists had a hand in the discovery of "wireless telegraphy," but it was the work done by Guglielmo Marconi that is credited with providing the basis of radio as we know it today.
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Other

Wireless Advisor: Analog, Digital: What's the Difference?

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the differences, disadvantages, and advantages of both an analog and a digital phone.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Blackberry

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of the Blackberry (personal digital assistants). This wireless handheld device supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information...
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Curated OER

Antique Wireless and Scientific Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
A photographic online museum of many different electrical items John Jenkins has collected over the years. Items such as radios, wireless, electronic components, and old books related to this area are just some of the things found in...
Graphic
Curated OER

Antique Wireless and Scientific Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
A photographic online museum of many different electrical items John Jenkins has collected over the years. Items such as radios, wireless, electronic components, and old books related to this area are just some of the things found in...

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