Having the urge to unplug? Technology unplugged activities, promote critical thinking, encourage collaboration when appropriate and further students’ technology literacy.
K-12 Unplugged Tasks
Over 60 activities that can be done unplugged
CS Unplugged is very much based on a constructivist approach: students are given challenges based on a few simple rules, and in the process of solving those challenges they uncover powerful ideas on their own.
Students complete a set of offline, unplugged activities introducing computer science concepts that show how technology keeps us connected.
K-5 Unplugged Tasks
Build Your Own Computer
Students assemble and color a paper computer, learning the name and function of each part as they go.
Typing Practice
Help your students learn where the keys are on the keyboard and begin developing typing habits with this coloring activity.
This lesson has students explore why people use passwords, learn the benefits of using passwords, and discover strategies for creating and keeping strong, secure passwords.
Fill in the Missing KeyBoards
Teach students how to create and decompose Algorithms through coding.
6-12 Unplugged Activities
With Cut and Paste Keyboard Puzzles it is deceptively tricky for students to cut the puzzle pieces and then find their places to create a completed keyboard.
Crack the Code Puzzles
Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages with silly phrases as well as technology facts. These are still Tech lessons but on paper!
Sorting Networks
Use this CS Unplugged unit to have students explore how computers solve problems faster by having several computers work on different parts of the same task at the same time.
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