Bits of Binary
It provides introductory activities, how the ASCII code could be used to represent letters and numbers as bytes, and & a short presentation explaining what students have learned.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Data representation |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6K03
Explain how digital systems represent all data using numbers
AC9TDI6K04
Explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeros and ones in binary) |
| Keywords | Binary, Data representation, Lesson ideas, ASCII, Makey Makey, Bits, Bytes, Learning materials |
| Organisation | Weebly |
| Copyright | Dabbling in Data. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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