Code Your Communication

Make a bracelet with a binary code that only those who know programming code can crack!

Satellites that orbit our earth are able to do complex scientific work because they can send and receive information. But how do they do that? By using codes written by computer programmers that have every tiny detail needed to allow computers to understand complex data.

Computer code is very complicated – but at its core is surprisingly simple: Computers assign a series of 0s and 1s to each letter, number and symbol. This is called binary code. In this activity you will create a bracelet with your initials in binary code.

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Overview
Grades 3-8
30 min
Topics
Computer Science