Computer Science
Each year, many across the world celebrate computer science education and activities. In the United States this is typically recognized as the first full week of Decemeber. Arkansas 4-H has provided the activities below for some CS fun without any computers or need of internet! Other activites can be found at the following websites:
Pathways for Arkansas 4-H 
Computer science is a growing opportunity for youth to explore for new career paths in almost any field of work. The following six lessons are designed to introduce basic computer science concepts for any youth. These activities are all unplugged and can be done with typical materials you may have at home or at the local convient store. No background knowledge is necessary for parents, leaders, or volunteers to facilitate these activities. The activites below have a detailed lesson plan, a video demostration, along with any resources for each activity.
This activity teaches binary code in a fun way for youth to code their name or initials using pony beads.
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This activity teaches the concept of computer algorithms and how being specific the items need to be.
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This activity teaches how screens work with individual color of lights. Youth will create their own artwork using the graph paper and how to transfer an image into pixels.
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Youth will take pieces of colored or pattern paper and build quilt block patterns and correlate that into how computers recognize patterns and repeating those patterns.
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This is a great activity to get youth up and moving with their friends. This activity gets them thinking in more advanced terms of the algorithm and creating loops. They will be writing a dance "algorithm" that will repeat itself. Such a fun activity and will include lots of laughs!
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Play paper, rock scissors against a computer (dice). This will allow youth to understand logic statements and how computers use artificial intelligence to make decisions.
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