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Unit: Information technologies

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Information in waves

When you start talking about digital waves, suddenly surfing the web doesn't sound so weird.
NGSS:
HS‑PS4‑2
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HS‑PS4‑5
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HS‑PS4.A.2
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HS‑PS4.A
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HS‑PS4

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Technology and waves

It took a Nobel Prize and revolutionizing physics to make a solar powered calculator work. What about everything else?
NGSS:
HS‑PS4‑5
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HS‑PS4.C.1
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HS‑PS4.C
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HS‑PS4

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About this unit

Today you can have a video conversation with someone halfway around the world, thanks to applications of physics! Learn how digital and analog information can be communicated through waves, and how many technologies are based on different types of waves.