4-H invites out-of-school time programs to celebrate National Youth Science Day by conducting 4-H's Game Changers challenge at your Lights on Afterschool event on October 24, 2019. Developed for kids ages 8-14 by Google and West Virginia University Extension Service, Game Changers uses physical activity and puzzles to teach kids important CS concepts and problem-solving skills - creating real-world connections between computer science and civic engagement, healthy living, and agriculture. The challenge includes a computer-based activity on Google's CS First platform and three unplugged activities that bring coding to life. 

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BONUS: If you register a Lights On Afterschool event by August 29, you'll be entered to win a set of 10 Game Changers kits to help you participate in National Youth Science Day!

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Picture a center filled with computers, paired with a wood and metal shop, combined with a sewing studio, mixed with an arts and crafts room, filled with people of all ages building and making things to solve problems - this is the foundation of a maker space. Maker spaces were born out of the "maker movement" and the pull toward a more DIY culture. The movement gained steam around 2005 with the publication of Make: Magazine (a guide to DIY projects and activities) and the start of Maker Fair exhibitions. Since then, creative people from all over the world have been developing spaces where community members can flock to learn about technology and gain the tools they need to create.

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