CS Unplugged: Binary numbers
Use these activities with your students to explore how to computers use just two symbols zero and one to represent information. Support your teaching and learning with video clips and other related resources.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Web page |
| 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 numbers |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Mathematics |
| Organisation | University of Canterbury, NZ http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/ |
| Copyright | Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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