Option 3: Create or share a resource to support a classroom or professional development learning activity about binary OR digital data. This could be a worksheet, a poster, a book, a game or any other idea.

Binary coding Game – “Binary Snowman”

Reinforce taught concepts of basic binary code to upper primary students. 

Game is based on the rules of Hangman but using the more appropriate ‘Snowman’.

One student selects a number between 0-9 to represent in binary code, writing it down on a piece of paper. Other students take turns in guessing which number has been selected (combination of all four digits must be stated, and what the number is).

For each incorrect binary number part of a snowman is drawn and the incorrect number is noted down. Structure of snowman (circular base & head, two eyes, nose, three buttons, hat) allows for nine mistakes.

This activity allows for binary code principles to be reinforced through a “fun” activity — whilst also allowing teacher to ascertain who has grasped (or missed) the concepts without devoting a full scale lesson to it.