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Robbot Resources
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Welcome to my TES shop! I am a subject leader for ICT & Computer Science, creating and sharing resources to support teachers in delivering ICT, Computer Science, Computational Thinking and the Digital Competence Framework. For more resources, visit robbotresources.com email: robbotresources@outlook.com

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27 November 2021

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pptx, 12.65 MB
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pptx, 12.69 MB

"There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary numbers鈥� and those who don鈥檛!"

Alongside understanding the joke above(!), KS3 Computer Science: Data Representation - Year 7 will teach your students the following:

  • Explain why a computer uses binary.
  • To be able to identify the number of bits in different units of data e.g. Bit, Nibble, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, etc.
  • To explain the difference between 鈥榖ase 2鈥� and 鈥榖ase 10鈥� numbering systems.
  • To be able to convert binary into denary and vice versa.
  • Explain how characters are stored in the ASCII character set.

Your students will learn this information through a variety of clearly presented instructions as well as a range of tasks and activities designed to consolidate learning.

This unit of work also includes a final assessment.

Full teacher solutions also included!

Before completing this unit of work, it is recommended that your students complete Computer systems for year 7 so they have an understanding of the different hardware components of a computer.

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