Unit 1 - Lesson 2

Journal: What is your personal definition of “information?”

Binary Question - A question with only two possible answers.

Binary Message - Information that can only be one of two responses.

Examples?

Challenge 1: Simple Binary Message (state A or B)

Time Limit: 5 mins

• Choose the binary question your device will be used to answer.
• Create a device using classroom items to send a simple binary message - state A or B. (See Box for materials)
• Try to make it fail-proof. Consider a few obstacles. Would it still work if…
  • There was something in between you and your partner?
  • You couldn’t see your partner?
  • You were in a loud room?
  • Your partner wasn’t paying attention?

4 possible messages? 8 messages? 16 messages? n-messages?