The Invisible Palming Activity

Do a trick where you magically move a card from one pile to another by palming it invisibly!

This introduces what an algorithms is and what a computer program is. It can also be used to explore human computer interaction and the importance of feedback and building a correct mental model.

Learn about:

  • algorithms
  • computational thinking
  • human computer interaction.

Resources

See our Invisible Palming video playlist on our YouTube channel.

This session comes with linked activity sheets and ‘story’ write-ups that you can download:

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