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Laptop wrap – colour by numbers

Learning objects Laptop wrap – colour by numbers

TLF ID M020226

A page with a focus on binary and hexadecimal numbers and their relationship to colour displays. Contains supporting activities and links to resources.

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Educational value
  • This resource is designed to support students and teachers engaging with NSW syllabuses: Stage 5 – Information and Software Technology, Stage 6 – Information Processes and Technology and Stage 6 – Software Design and Development.
  • In this Laptop wrap, students are guided through the process of converting decimal numbers to binary numbers, and then on to hexadecimal. Students are provided with opportunities to practice conversion within the context of developing a conversion calculator in Microsoft Excel. The relationship between hexadecimal numbers and colour is demonstrated by guiding students in the alteration of text colour by means of a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) attached to this resource.
  • Aligns to: -Information and Software Technology 7-10 Syllabus: --Core topic 3: Data Handling -Information Processes and Technology Stage 6 Syllabus: --Preliminary course 8.1: Introduction to Information Skills and Systems --Preliminary course 8.2: Tools for Information Processes --HSC course 9.2: Information Systems and Databases --Option 2: Decision Support Systems -Software Design and Development Stage 6 Syllabus: --Preliminary course 8.1: Concepts and Issues in the Design and Development of Software --Preliminary course 8.2: Introduction to Software Development --Option 2: The Software Developer’s View of the Hardware.
Year level

9; 10; 11; 12

Topics Binary numeral system Data representation Computer graphics Integers Hexadecimal numeral system
Learning area
  • Digital technologies
  • Technologies

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  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
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  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.