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Tourist Town: Dominating Sets
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In this activity, learners use a fictitious map of "Tourist Town" and counters to problem solve how to place ice-cream vans on street intersections so that every other intersection is connected to one

Cryptographic Protocols: The Peruvian Coin Flip
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This activity about cryptographic techniques illustrates how to accomplish a simple, but nevertheless seemingly impossible task—making a fair, random choice by flipping a coin between two people who d

Beat the Clock: Sorting Networks
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Even fast computers are limited to how quickly they can solve problems. One way to speed things up is to use several computers at once.

Cipher Wheel
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In this activity, learners make their own encrypted code to pass along secret messages using a printable cipher wheel.

Puzzled Partners
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In this web-based activity, learners try to figure out who in an online chat room has their matching puzzle piece.

Art Cars
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In this activity, learners design miniature cars. Learners can create a telephone car, soccer car, merry-go-round car, or any other theme car they can imagine.