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Learn about computers, programming and technology through these free, fun activities.
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Print Your Own Microchip
Build a microchip pattern with LEGO Dots, ink it, and print a whole batch. Start with a read-aloud from Hello Ruby: Journey Inside the Computer, then end by inventing what your microchip might do—and wondering about the world of nanometers.
Congrats, you!
All kinds of people can learn to use computers to solve problems and express themselves.
Me and The Computer
Computers are pretty amazing. You can find almost anything online, or talk with a friend on the opposite side of the world, or make music, drawings, games and stories, or program an application. Can you think of anything else?
Holiday fun!
Download the postcards to make a geeky holiday greeting, or build your own RAM, ROM & CPU tree with the patterns.
Start Your Own Video Channel
Plan & play your own video channel - and learn how algorithms work while at it!
What does the Internet look like?
No one really knows what the Internet looks like. According to technical drawings it’s a cloud, an explosion, a star or a weird lump.
You'll need to draw what you can see. Draw what you think are the steps that take place inside the Internet to move all the data. In essence, design the Internet.
Emoji time!
Emojis are images like faces, weather, food, animals and activities we use in text messages, emails and online. Emojis are a way to share our feelings like show humor or affection in our messages. Emojis have turned into a creative language of their own.
Art & algorithms
What do art and algorithms have in common? How fast is a computer? And what are humans good at?
Design your own Operating System
Different operating systems share a lot of things. Now it’s your turn to build an operating system for a phone.
What's inside a computer?
Have you ever peeked inside a computer? In this exercise you'll get to draw and discuss what computers hide inside them.
Easter Eggs
Can you help Ruby decorate the easter eggs with the instructions given by the computer? Every egg should look different.
My First Computer
My First Computer is an introduction to the amazing and complicated machine that is the computer. Few things are as exciting as computers. And now you’ll get to design your very own one.
Want to join the adventure?