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U5L08 - Project Guide - Create A Representation

This document provides instructions for a project where students will: 1. Describe their perfect day and identify key elements that could be represented digitally. 2. Collaborate as a class to design a system for representing different types of information (numbers, characters, images) on a punch card. 3. Fill out a punch card using the classwide system to represent their perfect day. 4. Trade punch cards and have classmates decode and describe the perfect day based on the encoded information. 5. Reflect on what information could not be fully represented and the limitations of the encoding system.

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U5L08 - Project Guide - Create A Representation

This document provides instructions for a project where students will: 1. Describe their perfect day and identify key elements that could be represented digitally. 2. Collaborate as a class to design a system for representing different types of information (numbers, characters, images) on a punch card. 3. Fill out a punch card using the classwide system to represent their perfect day. 4. Trade punch cards and have classmates decode and describe the perfect day based on the encoded information. 5. Reflect on what information could not be fully represented and the limitations of the encoding system.

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Name(s)_______________________________________________ Period ______ Date ___________________

Project Guide - Create a Representation

Overview
Representing complex objects or ideas that you care about to a
computer is a challenging task. It requires you to understand how
computers represent information and will always involve trade offs. For
this project you will design a binary system for representing your
perfect day. The challenge will be finding a class-wide system to
capture all the different elements you care about.

You will…
● Write a short description of your perfect day
● Identify key elements that could be represented to a computer
● Collaborate with classmates to design a class-wide representation system
● Represent your perfect day in that system on a punch card
● Decode a classmate’s perfect day punch card

You will submit...


● This completed Project Guide
● Your filled-in punch card
● Your classmates’ decoded punch card and feedback

Project Steps
Step 1: Describe Your Perfect Day
Write a 1 paragraph description of your perfect day in the space below
Step 2: Share with a Partner
Switch your description of a perfect day with a classmate. Read through your neighbor’s description.

Step 3: Choose Representations


In the table below write the information you’d want to represent to the computer. Place them in the appropriate
categories in the table below.

Numbers Characters Images


(temperature, # people present, (location name, type of weather, type (what the location / activity / people /
when you wake up, etc.) of activity, etc.) etc. look like)

What information above do you think should be encrypted so only certain people can read it?

Step 4: Review Information Choices


Meet with your partner and share how you identified different kinds of information you’d like to capture. Discuss:

● Whether you think they missed any important information


● Any similar information you both have in your story. Be ready to share with the class

Step 5: Full Class Activity - Agree on Classwide Punch Card


Look at the punch card on the next page. Your class will need to decide how to use the 3 numbers, 10 characters, and
single 8 by 8 image to represent your perfect day. Be ready to discuss what information will be represented by each
row.

Step 6: Fill Out Punch Card


Using your class’s punch card structure fill out your punch card.

Step 7: Trade and Decode Punch Cards


Give your punch card to a classmate you have not worked with so far. Don’t tell them anything about your perfect
day and have them decode your punch card.

Step 8: Reflection
Discuss with your partner how much of their perfect day you were able to understand from their punch card. What was
lost in the process of representing this information in binary?

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Name(s)_______________________________________________ Period ______ Date ___________________

Your Punch Card

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Decoder’s Name: __________________________________________

Number Information
Write what numbers you decoded and what they represent given your classwide representation system

Character Information
Write what characters you decoded and what they represent given your classwide representation system

Image Information
Write what you believe the image is showing

Describe Your Classmate’s Perfect Day


Using the information you decoded, write the best description of a perfect day that you can in the space below.

Reflection
Discuss your perfect day with your partner.

What information was lost in representing the perfect day? _______________________________________________

Why were you unable to represent that information? ____________________________________________________

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