Unplugged Activity: Binary Beads

Unplugged Activity: Binary Beads

by ASU Youth Entrepreneurship

Lesson Overview

• ​Time Required: 50 Minutes

• ​Materials Required:

  • ​String

  • ​Assorted Beads

Open Ended

Warmup: How many different ways can you represent the number ten?

​Watch: Binary Beads Activity (5 Minutes)

​Activity (25 Minutes)

Based on the video instructions:

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• ​Create your own binary beads jewelry to represent a number that is important to you.

• ​Enrcypt a second set of binary jewelry that must be decoded before you can decipher the number.

​Share out!

​Answer the following discussion questions as you share your creations:

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​1. How is binary used to store and transfer information?

​2. How is binary similar to our base-ten number system? How is it different?

​3. What numbers did you choose to represent with your jewelry?

​4. How did you "encrypt" your second set of jewelry?

Multiple Choice

Closing: What number is represented in the image?

• 11001

• 10

• 3

• 25