FCC Satellite Learning Center
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| Audience/Grade: | 4 - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Electrical Engineering Information Technology |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Tutorial |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Organization:FCC - Federal Communications Commission |
| Description: | The Satellite Learning Center provides a K-12 tutorial about commercial communications satellites: What they are, how they work, and their role in everyday life. |
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| Keywords: | telecommunications for kids satellite communication cell phones cellular phones |
| Is Component of: |
FCC's Kid Zone |
| Usage Tip | |
| Use of Resource: |
Highly interactive site for kids, using flash multimedia technology. The site also has some demonstration videos, including one in which two students from Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria , Virginia , demonstrate these concepts using two everyday objects: a flashlight and a globe. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Medium |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | March 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/kidszone/satellite/satscene.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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