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Overview Resources

CS First Unplugged is a set of activities that introduce students to CS Online resources


concepts without a computer. We’ve designed this lesson with a few g.co/csfirst/unplugged
goals in mind:
Activity Booklet
g.co/csfirst/unplugged-booklet
● Support students who are learning from home
● Give everyone a break from their screens Full lesson plan
● Demonstrate that Computer Science is a lot more than just code g.co/csfirst/unplugged-lessonplan

Network a neighborhood Encode an emoji Send a secret message

Students attempt to solve a hard Students learn to translate a simple Using a centuries-old technique,
problem for computers - connect numeric encoding into black and students learn to encrypt and
all of the buildings in a town as white pixel images. Students decrypt short messages. The
efficiently as possible. recreate images from encodings, worksheet includes a cut-out
then create and encode images of cipher wheel that makes it fun and
Based on the CS Unplugged their own to share with others. easy to send messages.
activity Muddy City1
goo.gle/muddycity Based on the CS Unplugged
activity Colour by Numbers
goo.gle/colourbynumbers

Implementation Options
Fully remote - Students can complete the booklet at home without immediate support. Just give them the
activity booklet and let them run with it.

Blended or in-person - Every activity has opportunities for students to collaborate with each other, if that’s
possible for your class. In particular Encode an emoji and Send a secret message work great in pairs. See the full
lesson plan for more details.

Inspiring Career Connections


Throughout the lesson we highlight the stories of people whose work intersects with each of the activities.

Plugging it in with Scratch


Each activity includes an optional “plug it in” Scratch project. These projects show students how the concepts they
are learning offline can be implemented in a program. And they don’t require any coding!

We’d love to hear your feedback on this activity at g.co/csfirst/unplugged-feedback

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Network a neighborhood and Encode an emoji activities were adapted from CS Unplugged materials, which are made available at
csunplugged.org under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

CS First Unplugged Starter Guide

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