Off-line activities and games for all ages
By Tim Bell,
Ian H. Witten and
Mike Fellows
With assistance from Robyn Adams, Jane McKenzie
and Matt Powell
With assistance from Robyn Adams, Jane McKenzie
and Matt Powell
Sample Activities
The following activities are available for free download. A full version of the activities is available as for purchase. Watch our web site for new activities and related material.
- Count the Dots—Binary Numbers
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Using just five simple cards you can explore the binary
number system, find out how computers store text, and
discover how data is sent through a modem.
- 351 KB PDF file, taken from the Teachers' edition.
- 283K Sample file taken from the forthcoming Chinese edition.
- Video demonstration.
- Card Flip Magic—Error Detection and Correction
- A
magic
trick that will intrigue children, and show them how detect, and even fix, corrupted files.- 51 KB PDF file, taken from the original edition.
- Video demonstration.
- Beat the Clock—Sorting networks
- A fun activity involving a simple maze marked on the ground with chalk or tape. Participants come out of the maze sorted into order!
- 156 KB PDF file, taken from the original edition.
- Video demonstration.
- The Poor Cartographer—Graph Colouring
- It looks like colouring in, but it's a problem that even the most powerful computers can't solve efficiently!
- 78 KB PDF file, taken from the original edition.