Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Smart Move!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a simple activity to visualize a communication system. In order to do this the students encode, decode, transmit, receive, and store messages. They will use a code sheet and flashlight for this process. They will also maintain a...
Interactive
Other

Federal Judicial Center: Inside the Federal Courts

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive looks at how the Federal Courts operate including what the Federal Courts do, how they are organized, how cases move through the courts, who does what, the governance and administration, the interaction between the...
Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Hexadecimal Drum Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Create rhythms on this 4-instrument hexadecimal drum machine and see what your rhythms look like in the binary, decimal, and hexadecimal number systems.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Name Letters

For Students 9th - 10th
Crack the code and can determine the cost of your name. Use this activity to practice solving systems of equations.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: How to Convert Octal to Decimal

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what the four different types of number systems are and what they are used for. Presents the formula used to convert octal numbers into decimals and models how to apply it in two example problems.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Binary Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know how zeros and ones are used in this base-2 number system? Find all about binary numbers on this site. Site contains example problems.