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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.

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?

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.

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.

Have you ever peeked inside a computer? In this exercise you'll get to draw and discuss what computers hide inside them.

Can you help Ruby decorate the easter eggs with the instructions given by the computer? Every egg should look different.