MLX-06Complete lessonSpecialist workbench
Establish and Protect the Link
Grade 6 · Grade 7 · Grade 8 · Grades 9–10 · Grades 11–12 · University · Physics · Computing · Mathematics
Measurable learning outcomes
- 1By the end of this mission, the learner will be able to apply the evidence ladder to place a planning claim on the correct rung, and demonstrate this by naming the rung the mission evidence reaches.
- 2By the end of this mission, the learner will be able to explain the difference between being tracked, receiving a signal and decoding data, and demonstrate this by ordering the three and stating which the mission establishes.
- 3By the end of this mission, the learner will be able to recommend a next contact-planning action that does not overstate the evidence, and demonstrate this by pairing the action with the claim it is allowed to make.
Concepts and evidence
Concepts: sender receiver message
- contact/command sequence + schedule/log + communication rationale
- engineering decision
- evidence provenance statement
- model limitation
Teacher preparation
- Timing
- 55–70 minutes for the complete flagship lesson
- Vocabulary
- sender receiver message
- Differentiation
- Use visual comparison and sentence starters for younger learners; reveal quantitative evidence progressively.
- Assessment
- Review the prediction, evidence selection, engineering decision and limitation. This is formative CubeSTEM programme evidence, not an external accredited grade.
Availability and next step
Engineering limitations
- TRACKED != SIGNAL RECEIVED != DATA DECODED.
- C3A modeled delivery is not measured ground receipt.
- Home receive-only planning does not imply RF signal reception.
- Do not claim: antenna pattern.
- Do not claim: gain vs angle.
- Do not claim: beamwidth model.
- Do not claim: tracking loop.
- Do not claim: measured reception.
- Do not claim: track means receive.
- Do not claim: receive means decode.
- Do not claim: modeled packet is measured ground receipt.