Detective Digit and the Slap Happy Computer Caper This lesson
will provide students with a hands-on experience in order to
investigate the binary number system. 6th through 9th grades One
50-minute period Math Vantage # 21 "Digitizing with Binary
Power", Imagine the Universe web site or CD. Students will
explore ancient number systems, use binary numbers to decode
data, and count in base 2. Students should have a basic
understanding of binary numbers. See the following web site for
additional information about binary numbers:
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~l3d/courses/CSCI1200-96/binary.html.
- Virginia SOL MATH 6.22 - NCTM Standards #4 'mathematical
connections' and #10 'statistics' (grades 5-8) - NSES Content
Standard E: Science and Technology - Social Studies: Ancient
Civilizations A binary number is made up of a combination of
only two digits: zeroes and ones. The right most number in a
binary code series indicates the number of units (ones). The
next digit to the left indicates the number of twos, the next