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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Rock On! Recording Digital Data With Magnets

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a straightforward project that shows you how data can be digitized and stored on magnetic recording media. You'll learn how alpha-numeric characters are digitized, and you'll use bar magnets to represent the individual data...
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Website
Other

Webopedia: Tape

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource offers several paragraphs of information on tapes, which are magnetically coated strips of plastic on which data can be encoded.
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Handout
Computer Hope

Computer Hope: Computer Backup / Removable Media Drivers

For Students 9th - 10th
A useful chart containing computer Computer Backup / Removable media drivers from different companies.