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NASA

Speaking in Phases

For Students 9th - 12th
Hear from deep space. Pupils learn how satellites transfer information back to Earth. They learn about three different ways to modulate radio waves and how a satellite sends information with only 0s and 1s. Using sound, class members...
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Khan Academy: Binary Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the binary number systems in computer science.
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History of Computing Science

History of Computing Science: Binary Representation

For Students 9th - 10th
The binary number system is a perfect fit for the dual-state technologies used in digital computing devices. This lecture series presents a brief description of how the two fit together.
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Khan Academy: Lossless Bit Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Computers represent all data in binary, so all types of files, from text to images to videos, are ultimately sequences of bits. Regardless of whether the bits represent a document or a GIF, computers can use a bit compression technique...
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Khan Academy: Additional Programming Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are links to 10 projects in our Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation curriculum. Each project is an opportunity for students to be more creative and free-form with their newfound programming knowledge.
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Khan Academy: Xor Bitwise Operation

For Students 9th - 10th
If you've seen the lesson on the one-time pad, you know that it is the ultimate shift cipher. It involves the application of a random list of shifts equal to the length of the message. It's important to understand exactly how and why the...