The Card Flip Magic trick helps to demonstrate how computers detect errors in the binary data they send and receive using parity checks. Inspired by Parity magic from CS Unplugged

When you make an LED card, you are bringing together the fundamentals of electronics that make up computing devices - power (battery), input (using a pressure sensor to open or close a circuit) and output (LED light). It’s also a great way to reinforce the binary states of on and off that are at the core of how all computing devices work.

Inspired by Dear Data, a book that highlights a year-long data drawing project between two friends, this activity helps students go through the process of telling a story with their own data by formulating a question, collecting the data, analyzing the data, and interpreting and communicating their story.

Every day our privacy is at risk with data being collected about us as we share and live more of our lives online. For this activity, you will explore how you do and do not protect your privacy online and then create a security avatar to help you battle for your privacy.

Students will find and use blocks in Scratch to recreate the Events unplugged activity.

Students will find and use blocks in Scratch Jr. to recreate the Events unplugged activity.

In this lesson, students will relate problems and solutions in the Jamestown Colony to bugs and debugging in computer programming by using Sphero Bolts to complete a task. 

Students will dive into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and explore how it can be used to create a personal wellness plan. They will compare an AI generated plan with those created using the MyPlate widget, a familiar nutritional tool. Through the use of a Venn diagram, students will visualize the differences between the two plans, sparking curiosity  and discussion about the power and limitations of AI in everyday life.