Integrated Coordinated Science for the 21st Century
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- a - b) Answers will vary.
c) One possible improvement would be to set up a three-dimensional coordinate system for locating the blocks. Another improvement would be to exchange drawings.
- a) An example might be that a person was misunderstood in a conversation.
b) Perhaps the person said an important word unclearly, so it was misunderstood.
c) The person could speak more slowly and use a gesture for emphasis, to help get the point across.
- This would have been better communication than through speech alone. But drawings alone have limitations (there’s no way to ask questions).
- a - b) It is easier, because the parts are only arranged in stacks. But it is harder, because there are three different kinds of parts.
c) Yes, since a code could have specified where the stacks would go (a two-dimensional grid for placing the stacks).
- a) If the code specified coordinates for the building bricks, that would have made the
communication more effective. For instance, if the architect and building supervisor both had before them a grid with squares indicated by A1, B1, A2, B2, etc., that would make the positioning of the bricks much easier.
b) The communication would have been more challenging, because the building supervisor could not see his or her own model. However, with a good enough sense of touch, the supervisor might be able to compensate effectively.
c) In this case, the communication would have been impossible. Perhaps the activity could be changed by having the architect write a letter, without diagrams, to describe the monument.
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