We have all solved puzzles, but have you ever solved a puzzle by unsolving it? Students have been enjoying these games as Computational Thinking warmups in recent TechTime classes.

Unpuzzle

Unpuzzle 2

What is binary code and how do computers use it? We are learning about how computers process information using code. Tim and Moby at BrainPOP are introducing the idea. Then we are using our new understanding of binary bits and bytes to write in binary code.

On the second day of learning about binary code, we learned that uppercase and lowercase letters have different binary code. Also, symbols like , . ? ! @ $ - and even a space all have binary code! Check it out by using this online binary translator.