
Y9
Computer Science
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City Academy



Understanding Binary
Lesson 1 - Binary Code
Starter
Using the internet covert these binary numbers into text and decode the message.
a) 01000011 01000001 01000010
b) 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110101 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01110011 01100011 01101001 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100
c) 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110101 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01110011 01100011 01101001 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100
Activity 1
Video explaining what binary numbers are
Activity 2
Using the powerpoint complete the tables on slides 8, 12 & 14 (using the worksheet below)
Lesson 2 - ASCII
Starter
Try the binary game to test your knowledge from last lesson
http://forums.cisco.com/CertCom/game/binary_game_page.htm
Watch the video for an explanation of what ASCII code is.
Activity 1
Using the PowerPoint (slides 15-20) answer the questions on ASCII and complete the challenges. Use the ASCII guide to help.
Learning Objectives
Understand why all data is represented in binary in a computer
Define a Bit, Byte, Kb, Mb and Gb
Learning Outcomes
F/G I can Convert integers to binary numbers
D/E I can Convert binary numbers to integers
C/B I can Show how characters can be represented using ASCII
Key words
Binary
Decimal
Denary
Integer
ASCII
Bits
Bytes


