Computer Science Education Week 2020

Explore NEW EiE Computer Science activities, learn to facilitate the activities through webinar recordings, and build your understanding of computer science with the resources below.

Ways to Participate

Win an Interactive Storybook! Use EiE’s #CSEdWeek activities below and post your student’s designs on social media using hashtags #CSEdWeek and #EiEcomputes for one entry to win the interactive digital storybook Hikaru's Toy Troubles. Read our giveaway Terms & Conditions for more details.
Use EiE's #CSEdWeek Activities. Access pre-recorded webinars to support the implementation of two EiE exclusive Computer Science activities: Exploring Computers and Robot Games. These unplugged activities are sure to delight young computer scientists of ages 4-12 in a face-to-face, hybrid, or virtual learning environment. Continue the computer science fun beyond #CSEdWeek by downloading a free lesson preview of an EiE Engineering and Computer Science Essentials unit!
Enrich your understanding of Computer Science. Power up your Computer Science knowledge with CS-themed blog posts. Explore EiE’s Habits of Mind, learn how to highlight diversity and equitable representation in Computer Science, and integrate engineering and computer science into your lessons!

#CSEdWeek Giveaway

Win an Interactive Storybook!

Each social media post using hashtags #CSEdWeek and #EiEcomputes will result in an entry to win the interactive digital storybook Hikaru's Toy Troubles.

Entries will be accepted until midnight December 14th. Winner will be notified and confirmed on December 15th and announced Wednesday, December 16th. Read our full Giveaway Terms & Conditions for more details.

#CSEdWeek Activities

Exploring Computers

Explore characteristics of computers and apply this knowledge by identifying computer parts (input, processing, output) in everyday items.

Watch the webinar recording here (~ 30 minutes) to learn how to facilitate this activity with your learners or family.
Download the resources below and get started!
- PowerPoint Presentation to use with learners
- Input and Output Cards
- Scavenger Hunt, ages 6-8
- Scavenger Hunt, ages 9-11

Robot Games

Apply computational thinking while creating algorithms to move a robot from start to finish and have fun practicing decomposition and debugging.

Watch the webinar recording here (~ 30 minutes) to learn how to facilitate this activity with your learners or family.
Download the resources below and get started!
- PowerPoint Presentation to use with learners
- Robot Game Activity
- Robot Game Printouts

Explore our NEW Engineering and Computer Science Essentials: An Integrated Program.

Today, your students are using magnets and thread to solve real-world, hands-on engineering design challenges. Tomorrow, they’re building robots. Learn more about EiE Computer Science Essentials.

All EiE activities center on the Engineering Design Process to support problem solving and design thinking in engineering and computer science. Download our FREE Engineering Design process Poster.