Representing text, images and sound
This site provides textual information and videos to help explain the six components of binary and their use in data representation, and includes a test for each topic.
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) |
AC9TDI8K03
Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers |
| Keywords | Binary, Computational Thinking, Coding, Data Representation |
| Organisation | BBC |
| Copyright | 2017 BBC. Free-for-education material. |
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