http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_smart_move/wpi_code_sue.xmlactivitytext/xmlK-12 Outreach, communication systemdecoderdestinationencoderencryptionreceiverretrievalsourcestoragetransmitterbinaryencoderencryptionASCIIdecoderstorageretrievaldestination

Students become familiar with the concept of a communication system, its various parts and functions. To do this, they encode, decode, transmit, receive and store messages for a hypothetical rescue mission, using a code sheet and flashlight for this process.They also maintain storage sheets from which they can retrieve information as it is required.

Coding and decoding make up a significant portion of electrical and computer engineering. Engineers design hardware and software for many devices such as radios, televisions, cell phones and computers that use one or both of these processes. Understand digital data transfer.Understand the process of encoding and decoding.Understand the parts used in a communication system.2460TeachEngineering.orgOzan Baskan (Conceptualization), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, funded by Pratt & Whitneyhttp://www.teachengineering.org/collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_smart_move/procedure.dochttp://www.teachengineering.org/collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_smart_move/procedure.pdfhttp://www.teachengineering.org/collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_smart_move/maps.dochttp://www.teachengineering.org/collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_smart_move/maps.pdfhttp://www.teachengineering.org/collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_smart_move/storage_sheet.xlshttp://www.teachengineering.org/collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_smart_move/table_of_codes.dochttp://www.teachengineering.org/collection/wpi_/activities/wpi_smart_move/table_of_codes.pdfS100A0B1MassachusettsScience3.1 Identify and explain the components of a communication system, i.e., source, encoder, transmitter, receiver, decoder, storage, retrieval, and destination.68United StatesCopyright 2012 - K-12 Outreach, Worcester Polytechnic Institutehttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-10-307Teacher