Sample IT Activities (Primary Schools)

Case B1: Blockchain

Complexity	Medium
Target Level	P4 – P6

Objective:
To understand the concept, development and the possible applications of Blockchain.

Description:
The activity uses games to demonstrate the history of trade and lead to the invention of money, and will setup different scenarios to show the need for new types of trading models for web-based transactions.

Hardware	Props for barter trading game Tokens Devices for blocks-recording (Hash and transaction details)
Software	N/A
Cloud Services	N/A
Major Activities	Theoretical session covering: Barter Economy The functions of Currencies Commodity money and Fiat Money Blockchain and the append-only ledger Practical session covering: A barter economy experience Token scenario (Token as money?) A blockchain trade simulation
Learning Objective(s)	The needs to shift from money-based economy to blockchain The Blockchain mechanism Utilities other than Cryptocurrencies
Duration	Theoretical session: 4 hours Practical sessions: 4 hours
Target No. of Students	About 10 – 30 students per workshop