Learning Objective: Understand how to decode binary numbers and convert them to letters using ASCII.
Starter:

What is Binary?
What is Denary?
How do computers talk?

 Main:

Task 1
Go to classroom.google.com
Complete the Binary Conversion Worksheet

 What is ASCII?!?

 Task 2
In pairs, complete the worksheet to decode the message using the ASCII converter table.

 Extension: Create a coded message in binary for another pair to decode

 Test your knowledge with these games:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3

Plenary:
1. What is another name for binary?
2. Why can computers only communicate using binary?
3. Starting from the right-hand side what numbers are represented by the 8 bits in a binary number?
4. There are 10 types of people in the world; those who know binary and those who don’t. - Does this phrase make any sense? Why/why not?

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