Give Binary a Try!
The document provides resources for teachers that focus on binary code and its applications. It provides activities that teach students how to download software, read a binary clock and build their own.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6, 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Data representation |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI6K04
Explore how data can be represented by off and on states (zeros and ones in binary)
AC9TDI8K04
Explain how and why digital systems represent integers in binary |
| Keywords | Binary |
| Organisation | Try Engineering |
| Copyright | Copyright 2016 IEEE. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence. |
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