Using Open Technology to Bring Computational Thinking Activities to the Outdoors

Many educational resources are available that teach children computational thinking and visual programming. As part of this initiative, we develop computational puzzles from well-known computational thinking activities. Inspired by the idea of geocaching, we made our puzzles accessible and fun for the whole family by embedding them into a scavenger hunt. We describe our approach that frames computational puzzles as an outdoor family activity. Our project was launched in 2021 and has received informal positive feedback.