CS First Unplugged activities
This challenge has been written by Google and is part of the EU CODE WEEK CHALLENGES.
Target Audience
- Students (6-12)
Experience
- Beginner
Duration
- 1 hour
Purpose
- To support students who are learning from home
- To give everyone a break from their screens
Recommended Materials
- In addition to the activity booklet, some activities require or optionally benefit from additional materials.
- Small counters (like dried beans) to use on the Network a Neighborhood map.
- Scissors to cut out the Send a Secret Message cipher wheel.
- Cardboard and glue to provide additional stiffness to the Send a Secret Message cipher wheel.
- A thumbtack, toothpick, or straightened paper clip to connect the Send a Secret Message cipher wheel.
Description
CS First Unplugged is a set of activities that introduce students to CS concepts without a computer. We’ve designed this lesson to demonstrate that Computer Science is a lot more than just code.
Instructions
- You will find the booklet to all activities in English at this link, as well as Lesson Plan in English at this link.
- The activities in this lesson can be completed individually and in any order.
- Teacher can take a picture of the learning process and share it on Instagram using #EUCodeWeekChallengeGoogle #GrowWithGoogle.
- You will find the lesson plan and booklet for this challenge at this link.
Share the link to your work in your Instagram Bio: tap the Edit Profile button on your Instagram and add the link to your work in the Website field. After that, create a new post, add a screenshot of your work, write “Link in Bio”, add the hashtag #EUCodeWeekChallenge and mention @CodeWeekEU.
Example
Click here to download this challenge as a word document.
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Except where stated otherwise, content made available on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license
Licensing under Creative Commons licenses does not of itself affect the ownership of the copyright
Content from third party websites is subject to their own copyright restrictions; please refer to the site of origin for more information.