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SUMMARY:Summer school - 1011+1101=24 using Minecraft
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201005
DTSTAMP:20260507T084426Z
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CATEGORIES:Sciences Activities for Youth
DESCRIPTION:Dr Orane Jecker et Dr David Strütt\, EPFL Institute of Math
 ematics\, along with EPFL students\nBuild a calculator in Minecraft and ad
 d up binary numbers. Join us from October 5 to 8\, 2020 for a Summer scho
 ol organized by the EPFL Education outreach department together with the M
 athematics institute.\n\nA calculator is a reassuring companion during mat
 h tests. But how does it work? And how can we be sure that it displays the
  correct result?\n\nDuring this pre-university week\, the participants wil
 l answer such questions while designing a calculator in Minecraft.\nTo do 
 so\, they will learn how to use binary code. This code enables the transfo
 rmation of information into 0s and 1s\, a language that machines understan
 d. Like small computers\, the calculators transcribe our usual decimal num
 bers into binary numbers. And this is how 13 = 1101 and 1011+1101 = 24.\nI
 n order to design a calculator in Minecraft\, the participants will have t
 o use logic while developing algebra and computer science concepts (variab
 les\, binary system or truth tables) to be able to stack blocks\, activate
  levers and finally understand how their TI-30X works.\n\nOnline registrat
 ion before 18.09.2020
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