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This activity explores what it means for a computer to be intelligent and introduces the topic of what a computer program is and how everything computers do simply involves following instructions writ

This activity explores the main algorithms that are used as the basis for searching on computers, using different variations on the game of battleships.

This activity about cryptographic techniques illustrates a situation where information is shared, and yet none of it is revealed.

This is a web page that helps informal educators brainstorm on how to use a Pico Cricket (tiny computer) in an informal activity.

Learners can program a compass to draw a circle by itself using a Pico Cricket, some Legos, and lots of tape! Pico Cricket is required.

In this design challenge, learners will use computational thinking to design their own board game.

In this activity, learners discover why some nanoscale science and technology is done in the controlled environment of a clean room, what clean rooms are like, and how scientists help keep the clean r

In this activity, learners use UV light to transfer a pattern onto a plastic board. The pattern is transferred by placing a mask (a transparency sheet with the pattern) on a plastic board.

In this activity, learners use molecular model kits to construct familiar molecules like lactose, caffeine, and Aspirin.