Overview

Students invent a protocol (similar to the real Internet Protocol IP) to encode the necessary elements for playing a simplified, but multi-person, game of Battleship. Students first play unplugged, then using a new version of the Internet Simulator configured to allow a user to broadcast messages to a group.

Vocab

• IP Address - A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.
• Packets - Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information.
• Protocol - A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.

Resources

• Broadcast Battleship Game Board - Activity Guide (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)

• Broadcast Battleship Rules - Activity Guide (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)

• Internet Simulator - Part 3 - Video (download)

• IP and DNS Video Worksheet (Optional) - Video Worksheet (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)

• Invent a Binary Protocol for Battleship - Activity Guide (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)

• The Internet: IP Addresses and DNS - Video (download)