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Explore the evolution of mass communication with this exciting Discover Box. Packed with real and replica objects. From early messengers and letters to telegrams, radios, walkie talkies and mobile phones, this box helps pupils investigate how communication technologies developed and why they changed. Learners discover Marconi’s pioneering radio work, practise sending Morse Code, and compare historical devices with modern equivalents. Through hands on exploration and creative activities, pupils examine how faster, clearer communication transformed daily life, emergency response and global connection.

Contents:

  • Marconiphone
  • Headphones – old and new
  • Microphone – old and new
  • Candlestick phone
  • WWII Field telephone
  • Walkie talkies – 1960s and new
  • Rotary Phone
  • Ipod 2010
  • 1996 Nokia 2110
  • Selection of mobile phones from 2000 onwards
  • Radio
  • Morse code tapper and circuit
Communication Discover Box