Years 5–6: Representing data in digital systems
This scope and sequence unit explores binary numbers through pixel-based image creation to help students understand the purpose and functionality of binary. It also covers data types as we explore how information is represented internally in digital systems and the operations that can be performed on it.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Scope and sequence, Whole School |
| 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)
AC9TDI6P02
Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration
AC9TDI6P05
Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input |
| Keywords | scope and sequence, scope, sequence |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Mathematics, The Arts, Numeracy, Digital Literacy, Critical and creative thinking |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
