Your children will have fun exploring the binary code alphabet chart on this binary code for kids worksheet. They will need to use the chart to find the eight digit code for each of the letters in the word love. This would be a great activity to do on or before Valentine’s Day.
What is a Binary Code?
It is the code used by a computer to understand letters, number, symbols, and commands. The code uses groups of 8 numbers to represent each letter, number, symbol, and command you type in on a keyboard. The only numbers that the computer can use to create the code are 0’s and 1’s.
If you want to learn more about binary code, you can visit Teach Kids Binary in One Simple Step.
Getting the Binary Code for Kids Worksheet
First, you will need to download Binary Code for Kids – Spelling Love worksheet.
Second, you will need to open the worksheet set in Acrobat Reader.
Third, you will need to print out one worksheet for each of your children. You will notice that the set includes an answer key.
Exploring Coding Before Starting the Activity
Below you will find some wonderful books that talk about coding for kids.
Working on Spelling Love in Binary
First, you will want your children to search the binary alphabet chart at the bottom of the worksheet to find the numeric code for each letter. (You may want to let them know that the codes they are working with represent capital letters. Lowercase letters have a slightly different binary code.)
Once they placed each letter’s 0’s and 1’s on the lines, they are ready to move on to coloring the circles next to the code. They will leave all the circles that represent 0’s empty. The circles that represent 1’s will be colored in. Why? A computer uses a group of eight switches to send a binary code. The switches can be turned on or be left off. Each 0 in a binary code represents a switch left off. Each 1 represents a switch turned on. Your children will create a visual of the switches turned on or left off for each letter.
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