UNIT 1 LESSON 2 SENDING BINARY MESSAGES Binary

UNIT 1: LESSON 2 SENDING BINARY MESSAGES

Binary - A way of representing information using only two options. Bit - A contraction of "Binary Digit"; the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1 computer science is the study of information and information processes.

Open Code. org Look at the lesson – write the vocabulary terms on your index cards, one per term. Term on the front, definition on the back.

HOW DOES THE INTERNET WORK AS A PHYSICAL SYSTEM?

What is your personal definition of "information? " Take a minute to write it down. Share with a partner.

Pick up a Maker Supply Kit, one per pair. Pick up an Activity Guide: Binary Message Devices, one per pair

Imagine that you and your friend have not been able to communicate for the entire summer, and you have a chance to ask her one binary question that she will answer. What binary question do you want to ask?

Follow the directions in the Activity Guide. Build a device out of your Maker Kit. Rules: Stay on your side. No language, writing, or talking. No projectiles!

Wrap Up 1. Could you use another group’s device to send your set of messages? 2. What are the limits on the kinds of info we can send with binary messages?

Assessment Using the Rubric, respond to the questions. Turn in your papers and supplies. Answer the 2 questions in Code. org