Modern communication systems use sophisticated hardware and software to transmit and receive large, complex data sets, but the basic process of transmitting information using electromagnetic radiation is based on fundamental principles covered in high school science.

This activity supports 3-dimensional learning and builds toward the following:

• NGSS Scientific and Engineering Practice: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
• NGSS Core Idea: Physical Science 4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer