Material Detail

Sound Representation

In this activity, learners listen to songs and decode hidden messages based on the same principle as a modem. As a final challenge, learners decode the binary messages in a music video. This is an excellent follow-up activity to an introduction to binary numbers. Additional activities and background information about modems are included on page 3 of the PDF....

Keywords:: Information Technology, Number Systems, Problem Solving, NSDL, Sound, Representation, Physics, Steganography, Chemistry, General, Information and Communication, Information Systems, Data Representation, Modem, Binary, Internet, Data Analysis, Science and Society, Computer & Information Sciences, Binary Numbers, Computer Engineering, Physical Science, Young Engineers, Digits, Mathematics, Number System, Data Collection, Digital Music, Computers, Engineering, Computing and Information, Technology, Impacts of Technology, Computer Science, Coding, Songs, Modems, Education, Patterns

Disciplines:

Science and Technology / Chemistry

More...

Go to Material

Bookmark / Add to Course ePortfolio

Create a Learning Exercise

Add Accessibility Information

Rate

Add a Comment

Quality

User Rating
Comments
Learning Exercises
Bookmark Collections
Course ePortfolios
Accessibility Info

Report Broken Link
Report as Inappropriate

More about this material

Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Authors:: Ian Witten, Brian Mason Scientific and Technical Trust
Jane McKenzie, Computer Science Unplugged
Mike Fellows, Google Inc.
Robyn Adams
Tim Bell
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States