Computer Science: Investigating Pictures and Code
![A checkerboard next to a corresponding matrix of 1's and 0's.](https://wpsu.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/buac20-int-codeimage35-poster.png)
Explore the relationship between a picture and code as foundational knowledge of how digital information is coded, received, and decoded. This GBH lesson plan incorporates a historical context of the first pixelated image sent to space (the Arecibo message) and includes an interactive model in which students work toward the goal of describing how a code can be used to make a picture.