All data as numbers
Explain how digital systems represent all data — text, images and sound — using numbers: each pixel's colour is stored as numbers, each letter has a number code and sound is stored as a series of number samples
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“All data as numbers means practising the idea at the table with a simple screen-free or sandbox check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
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- Paper command cards (forward, turn, repeat) OR a free visual-blocks editor preview
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Worked example. Forward, forward, turn right reaches the star. Changing the order fails.
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All data as numbers means practising the idea at the table with a simple screen-free or sandbox check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Paper command cards (forward, turn, repeat) OR a free visual-blocks editor preview; Pencil. 1. Say the goal of All data as numbers in plain words once. 2. Adult lines up three command cards into a short sequence that reaches a goal. 3. Child builds three short sequences (or edits one) and tests whether the goal is met. 4. Fresh check: one fresh sequence that reaches the goal. Record and stop. Done: three tested sequences with pass/fail noted. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Binary Numbers
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Binary Numbers supports All data as numbers. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Colour a pixel grid from a list of numbers (e.g. 0 = white, 1 = black) to reveal a hidden picture
- Encode a short word using a number code for letters (e.g. A = 65, B = 66 in ASCII) and decode a partner's word
- Explain how a photo, a text message and a song are all stored as numbers in a device
“Does your child know that a photo on your phone is really stored as numbers — and could they turn a list of numbers into a picture on squared paper?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Computing
- Domain
- Data Representation
- Age range
- Ages 10–12
Standards