It's slow to learn pupils interested inwards this topic. Here's to a greater extent than or less suggestions:
- Show them a painting present of a binary watch. I i time knew a Year thirteen who genuinely wore i of these to schoolhouse every day! My pupils were intrigued past times this too wanted to know how to read it.
- You could Pb into this theme through other reveal systems (Roman Numerals etc).
- Perform this fantastic binary magic trick. My pupils loved it! They were desperate to know how it worked.
- Tell them the joke "There are entirely 10 types of people inwards the world: those who sympathise binary too those who don't".
- Nice PowerPoint 'Binary Bot' from MauveStorm on TES (designed for Key Stage two simply could survive used for Year 7/8)
- The slides that I operate when I learn binary. Includes how to count binary on your fingers!
- Binary Window Frames from mathsticks.com (free registration to access)
- A worksheet to do converting to too from binary
- Binary Crossums
- PowerPoint from teachitmaths.co.uk on binary, denary too hexadecimal numbers
- Teaching binary using cups
- Lots to a greater extent than resources listed inwards this blog.
Last twelvemonth I went to a fantastic lecture past times Simon Singh (@SLSingh) well-nigh Maths inwards the Simpsons. His book 'The Simpsons too their Mathematical Secrets' is absolutely brilliant, a must-read for all Maths teachers. Singh writes well-nigh a scene inwards the Futurama episode 'The Honking' inwards which Bender is alarmed when he reads the binary code 0101100101. When read inwards a mirror, the code reads '666'. I told my Year 13s well-nigh this - they loved it. I wanted to present them the clip from Futurama simply all I constitute was this YouTube video in Castilian (?) which they sentiment was hilarious. I also explained the reference to the 'Redrum' scene inwards The Shining - most of them had never seen the celluloid too then I showed them this clip too managed to terrify one-half the class! Myself included. :)