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Treasure Hunt - Finite State Automata
Patrons learn about how computer programs process a sequence of symbols by working with treasure maps! 0
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Tablets of Stone - Network Communication Protocols
Patrons explore methods of communication for computers by working through a role-play scenario and creating their own communication protocols 0
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The Orange Game - Routing and Deadlock in Networks
Patrons play a cooperative game to explore how to route resources and avoid "deadlocks" in networks. 0
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The Muddy City - Minimal Spanning Trees
This activity demonstrates how computers are used to find the best solutions for real-life problems, such as how to link power lines between houses 0
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Beat the Clock - Sorting Networks
This fun team activity demonstrates how computers sort information and how it can be done faster when more than one computations are being done at the same time 0
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Battleships - Searching Algorithms
Explore different ways computers search for information in large quantities of data by playing different versions of the Battleships game 0
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Human Databases
Patrons play a kinesthetic learning game to learn about how computers store and sort data! 0
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Codes in a Song - Modems
Participants learn how modems work by finding hidden messages in songs! 0
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Twenty Guesses - Information Theory
Learn about how computers store and quantify information by playing some intriguing variations on the game 20 questions 0
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Card Flip Magic - Error Detection and Correction
This activity is "magic trick" where the demonstrator is able to figure out which one out of dozens of cards has been turned over, using the same methods that computers use to figure out it an error has occurred in data storage! 0
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You Can Say That Again - Text Compression
Patrons explore finding patterns in Children's rhymes to learn about text compression 0
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Color by Numbers - Image Representation
Patrons learn how computers store drawings, photos, and other pictures using only numbers, and create their own images using pixels 0
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