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Topic:
Communication
Grade Level: 5-8
Body:
Saturn
Mission:
Deep Space Network (Our Solar System)
Science Education Standards: Science and Technology: Understanding about Science and Technology
Short Description: Participants learn how a worldwide system of antennas is used with NASA's interplanetary spacecraft. Participants construct a cardstock antenna to demonstrate how the radio waves would be used to communicate.
Source: Deep Space Network
