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Zoo Welcome Booth Signals

Design light and sound signals for a zoo welcome booth. Use test observations to choose parts, solve problems, and improve a message device.

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

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What students practice

Students design a simple device that sends a message over a distance using light or sound.
Students use test observations to choose and improve a message device.
Students explain why a shared signal code helps a helper understand a message.

How to use

Read the story and prompts aloud. Discuss the pictures, then let students choose, explain, and draw designs. Any hands-on test should use a cool battery lamp and a gently rung bell.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

1-PS4-4

Design a simple device that uses light or sound to send a message over a distance.

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Zoo Welcome Booth Signals

Plan and test ways to send a message across a hall.

Plan a Light Message

Listen to the story. Think about how a helper can get a message.

Across the Welcome Hall

Imani helps at a zoo welcome booth. Ezra waits across the hall, six big steps away. He brings visitors over for a welcome talk. The hall is far from the animals. The helpers want to send COME and WAIT messages without shouting.

An adult gives them a small, cool battery lamp, a box, a stiff card, and a bell. They can tape parts together. For a light message, they agree that one flash means WAIT and two flashes mean COME. They will test their ideas before visitors arrive.

Some parts they can use:
Picture of a lamp