Representing audio in digital systems
In this lesson, students explore how digital systems represent audio. They learn about the concepts of sampling and digital audio representation. Through activities and discussions, students discover how audio is converted into a digital format and the advantages and limitations of audio representation in digital systems.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Data representation |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8K04
Explain how and why digital systems represent integers in binary
AC9TDI8K03
Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers |
| Keywords | digital format, audio, sampling, bitrate, Audacity, audio bites, sound waves, distortion |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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