Interactive Information Units Learning: Data Pyramid Lesson Aid
Units of Information Puzzle is a free online knowledge level game to practice file size measurement—Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes, or simply Information Units. Drag and drop the data blocks into the pyramid of knowledge. This "Minute to Win It" style game is a small, fun computer science class puzzle for desktop computers, laptops, and tablets, which may be played in the web browser. The IT Knowledge Board includes 7 data level blocks to play with. Part of the Interactive Computer Tools educational games, this browser-based educational game for kids makes learning data magnitude simple and exciting.
What are Information Units?
This interactive application is designed as a teacher tool and lesson aid to help students understand how information or data is measured. These play-based learning activities online help students visualise the table of information units measurement and their magnitude equivalents. By using these free online educational games, teachers can easily explain abstract concepts like data storage in a way that is engaging for the whole class.
How to play Units of Information Puzzle
There are 7 blocks of data units on the left part of the screen, painted in different colours. To the right is the information units pyramid with their empty equivalents. Drag and drop the block on the left to fit by colour into the pyramid on the right. Every wrong drop will penalise you with one wrong try. These cool educational games for students reward accuracy and speed!
Knowledge Achievements:
Master the Units of Information to level 7. Winning the game rewards +1 Knowledge Level.
Class Subject: Units of Information Table
This fun homework and interactive lesson answers the following questions:
| 1 Byte | 8 Bit = the size of a number from 0 to 255 |
| 1 Kilobyte (KB) | 1024 Bytes = the size of one symbol |
| 1 Megabyte (MB) | 1024 Kilobytes = the size of an ordinary photo |
| 1 Gigabyte (GB) | 1024 Megabytes = the size of a medium quality movie |
| 1 Terabyte (TB) | 1024 Gigabytes = the size of a good hard disk (standard in 2016) |
| 1 Petabyte (PB) | 1024 Terabytes = half of all US academic research libraries |
| 1 Exabyte (EB) | 1024 Petabytes = 1/5 of all words ever spoken |
| 1 Zettabyte (ZB) | 1024 Exabytes = 2 times all the information in the World Wide Web |
| 1 Yottabyte (YB) | 1024 Zettabytes = Not there yet! |
Common Questions:
• Is 1 GB Gigabyte equal to 1024 MB Megabyte? Yes, in binary measurement.
• Is MB or KB the larger measurement of data? MB is larger.
• 1 TB Terabyte equals how many GB Gigabytes? It equals 1024 GB.
