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Robotics 1 for High School Digital Information

Submitted by RICHARD OLDACH on 15 June, 2017 - 08:08
Overview: 
The goal of this lesson is to explore Digital Information to provide an understanding of how and why computers rely on binary information. The lesson utilizes resources from Intel's "The Journey Inside: The Computer" series.
Objectives: 

Students will be able to:

1. Convert between binary and decimal numbers

2. Explain the purpose of the ASCII code

3. Describe how pictures can be represented in the binary system

4. Explain why computers use the binary system instead of the decimal, or any other system

Instruction Guide: 
Digital Information [1]
Primary Instructional Material: 
Digital Information Video [2]
Differentiated Instruction Material: Supplemental: 
Digital Information_Socratic_Website [3]
Digital Information: Intel Companion Web Site [4]
Education Level: 
Middle School [5]
High School [6]
Scope & Sequence: 
Technology [7]
Focus Subject: 
Computing / Computer Science [8]
Mathematics [9]
Technology [10]
HW Platform: 
Any [11]
SW Platform: 
Any [12]
Interactivity Style: 
Mixed [13]
Clone Of: 
Digital Information [14]



National Science Foundation

Source URL: https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/6139

Links
[1] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/583
[2] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/589
[3] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/590
[4] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/735
[5] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/40
[6] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/41
[7] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/142
[8] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/focus-area/computing-science
[9] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/focus-area/mathematics
[10] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/focus-area/technology
[11] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/target-hardwareplatform/any
[12] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/target-software-platform/any
[13] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/taxonomy/term/26
[14] https://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/582