High-impact computer science resources that are based on sound educational psychological theories to help all pupils reach their full potential. I’m an experienced teacher/HoD and professionally create computing and computer science teaching resources through my company Nichola Wilkin Ltd. All these resources have been exclusively created by me. I’m an author who has written for both BBC Bitesize and Cambridge University Press. Quality teaching resources you can trust!
High-impact computer science resources that are based on sound educational psychological theories to help all pupils reach their full potential. I’m an experienced teacher/HoD and professionally create computing and computer science teaching resources through my company Nichola Wilkin Ltd. All these resources have been exclusively created by me. I’m an author who has written for both BBC Bitesize and Cambridge University Press. Quality teaching resources you can trust!
This visually appealing knowledge organiser is a quick summary to recap binary representation. It can help pupils revise for end of unit tests or GCSE computer science exams by including small straightforward facts that can be learnt in minutes.
A powerful revision aid that your students will love.
What are you waiting for? Grab your copy now and together we can boost your pupil’s confidence in understanding data representation.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This PDF knowledge organiser includes the important facts and a separate PDF document includes revision tips and an exam style question including a possible answer.
HOW CAN I USE IT?
This resource makes an ideal homework task, can be used as part of a lesson or given to pupils to help them with their revision.
WHAT DOES IT COVER?
This knowledge organiser includes easy to digest facts on the following topics:
Data units
Converting denary whole number to binary
Add binary numbers
Use binary shifts
Convert binary into hexadecimal numbers
The use of check digits
Representing characters
Character sets
Representing images in pixels
Metadata
Colour depth
Resolution
Calculating the size of an image
Sound sampling
Sample size
Bit rate
Lossy and lossless compression
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Here is a set of posters you can display in your classroom to remind students of the computer room behaviour expectations and rules.
An instant bright and cheerful classroom display that is both attractive and useful.
It also doesn’t hurt for other teachers to be reminded of the rules when they are using the computer lab!
Buy them now and instantly brighten your computer room.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This pack of posters includes 25 attractive posters provided in both
full colour and
black and white to help you save on printing costs.
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One eye-catching poster is provided per page.
Simply pick the rules you want to display, print them out and they are ready to go on your walls immediately.
HOW CAN YOU USE THESE POSTERS?
For instant impact, display the posters in a group somewhere noticeable. Use them as a prompt to talk to your class about rules at the start of the school year, or for whenever they need a quick reminder of the computer room expectations.
Alternatively, you can position the posters individually around the room in the most appropriate locations i.e. you can put the poster “Do Not Print Without Permission” near the printer, or the reminder to log off near the clock (which they may glance at as the lesson nears its end). Of course, it is your classroom with its own unique layout so feel free to position them as you feel would have the most impact.
To help keep the behaviour rules fresh in the pupils’ minds, it is worth considering moving the posters occasionally as this will help pupils (and other teachers) notice them again.
PREPARING THE POSTERS
You can easily print out the individual posters you want as we have created one poster per page. You can use as many pages or as few as you like. I recommend picking 4 or 5 of the most important from all those available. More than that tends to get too confusing for the pupils.
You have a choice of colour pages or you have exactly the same posters in black and white. If you are printing in black and white, please consider printing on coloured paper to add a little more interest. Laminating the posters will give a more professional finish and help prolong the life of your posters.
There are some very similar posters to cater for American and UK phrasing and spelling. Use the most appropriate for your classroom.
What are you waiting for? Download this ready to use pack of posters now and get printing. They are sure to brighten your classroom along with helping students know your expectations.
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Supercharge your teaching with these irresistible worksheets that ignite a passion for vector graphics! Designed to compliment your current scheme of work, these 6 stunning, no-prep worksheets enhance learning and spark critical thinking.
Several worksheets are on-screen friendly meaning no printing costs, just an exciting twist in the classroom!
FOR WHOM?
Tailored for year 8 pupils who are learning about creating vector graphics and suitable for experienced computing teachers and non-specialist teachers.
These worksheets have been developed to compliment your existing scheme of work, break up the lessons and can promote deeper thinking into the subject matter along with giving your students vital extra practice.
WHAT’S INSIDE?
Uncover magic with these 6 comprehensive PDF worksheets:
Draw from Shapes Mouse – Students are given a simple image of a mouse that they are asked to analyse. Using the skills they have previously learnt they identify the elements that make up the image and then have a go at creating it themselves.
Draw from Shapes Rocket – Similar to the previous worksheet but this involves slightly more advanced skills and is suitable for higher ability students.
Combining shapes – A simple instructional worksheet pupils follow to draw a penguin.
Drawing Lines – A simple instructional worksheet pupils follow to draw a fish which is useful to consolidate and embed the skills they have previously been taught.
Planning your image – an attractive worksheet to help pupils plan their image they will be creating for their final project.
Evaluating your project – A useful worksheet that helps pupils look at their image critically.
Break monotony, energise your lessons and reinforce learning with these versatile worksheets. Ideal for time-strapped teachers seeking engaging, hassle-free activities.
Transform teaching and instil skills required to create imaginative vector images. Perfect for ready-to-use alternatives to compliment your current scheme of work, these captivating worksheets are available now!
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Task cards that help your students’ confidence grow when learning programming!
Have you ever felt your students were just not grasping the basics when it comes to programming? Sometimes all they need is a little bit more practice and repetition of the simple things before you move onto more complex tasks.
With these quick programming tasks cards you can easily do just that.
40 TASKS CARDS WHICH FOCUS ON COUNT CONTROLLED LOOPS AND CONDITION CONTROLLED LOOPS AND NOTHING ELSE!
Created for use with multiple text-based programming languages such as Python, Visual Basic, C/C++, C#, Ruby and Small Basic.
These fun challenges are perfect to allow your students to recap skills you have taught them previously to help transfer those skills into their long-term memory.
Buy these quick programming task cards now to give your pupils the boost they need and deserve.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
There are 40 different tasks and 4 more blank cards so you can create your own additional tasks if you want. Colour and black/white versions are both included (using the same 40 tasks in each) to help you save on printing costs. If you are using the black and white version, you can print them onto coloured paper or card to add interest.
WHAT PREPARATION IS REQUIRED?
These tasks cards are so simple to prepare and once you have created them, you can use them time and time again.
Print the pages you want to use. Colour and black/white versions are both included.
If you want to reuse them, you can laminate the pages or print on card.
Cut each page into 4 sections.
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HOW CAN THEY BE USED?
Once you have your pack of cards you can easily use them at any time you want. You can use them in so many ways…
As a starter or plenary
To give your pupils more practice during a lesson
To give to quick finishers
To help lower ability pupils reinforce the key skills
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To use them you can either allocate particular cards to pupils or allow them to pick a random card from the deck themselves. Your students then create the program and can test it out on a classmate.
The beauty of this activity is because all the pupils are working on different tasks their classmates will not know the answers and are often delighted by the silly and humorous responses they get from the computer.
Once students have one program working correctly they can pick another card which keeps the entire class fully engaged allowing you to focus on helping the students who need your one-to-one help.
An exciting and easy classroom activity to reinforce key programming skills.
What are you waiting for? Buy them now and give your pupils an activity they will simply love.
If you are still unsure how these can be used in your classroom, please check out my totally FREE If Statement Task Card set now so you can see how versatile and engaging these cards are for yourself.
Are you looking to expand your student’s knowledge of Python programming? These Python challenges give students 12 coding activities all focused on dealing with strings.
If you are familiar with my best-selling Python book “Python by Example: Learning to Program in 150 Challenges” by Nichola Lacey, these new challenges will expand on the skills taught and give your student’s more coding practice.
Download this wonderful set of Python challenges today to see just how useful they are.
WHO ARE THESE PYTHON CHALLENGES FOR?
These challenges assume students have some basic knowledge of programming with Python and know how to use a print statement.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This pack includes a single 3 page PDF which gives your students an explanation of using strings, example code and 12 programming challenges for them to work through. You also get another PDF which contains printed versions of the suggested solutions AND you get the Python solutions in Python programs so you can open them and look at the code using an IDLE.
HOW CAN YOU USE THESE PYTHON CHALLENGES?
These challenges are very flexible and can be used in a variety of ways. The main PDF includes an explanation, example code and a page of Python coding challenges. Students can work through them individually and the attractive PDF handout makes a perfect homework task.
Alternatively you can print out the example code and page of Python challenges to give to your class as a starter, plenary or other in-class activity to enable your students to practise using their new skills.
You may even want to isolate the programming challenges into individual tasks, rather than use them as a printed activity to use them in your lesson as small individuals coding challenges.
They are also ideal for you for quick finishers or to motivate higher ability students to keep them interested and learning a new skill whilst you help other students who need a little more reassurance of the basics.
As you have a separate PDF of the answers you can give them to your class at a later date for them to mark themselves, although most students do not require this as they will discover if their code works when they run it and will debug if they find an error. You could also have the answer sheet ready as a help sheet for those who are stuck and need help.
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How can you teach your students about wireless networks in an engaging way? The key is to break up the theory into small manageable chunks and reinforce each section with a variety of activities. And that is exactly what this computer science lesson does.
Why spend hours making your own resources when it is all done for you? Download this wireless networks computing lesson today and save yourself all that preparation.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
Suitable for GCSE Computer Science pupils following either OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) or AQA GCSE Computer Science (8520) syllabuses.
This lesson includes:
an attractive dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint presentation,
differentiated lesson objectives,
a video to change focus and break up the lesson,
loads of individual and group tasks and questions,
printable ready to use worksheets for classwork,
3 differentiated exam-style questions which can be used either in the plenary or set for a homework task,
a comprehensive teacher’s lesson plan including ALL THE ANSWERS.
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WHAT DOES IT COVER?
With virtually no preparation (apart from photocopying the worksheets) you will be ready to teach your classes about:
Wi-Fi
The hardware used to connect to a wireless network
Public Wi-Fi hotspots
The dangers associated with using hotspots
Virtual private networks (VPN)
The importance of encrypting wireless networks
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DURATION: 1 lesson
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This escape room is a wonderful no-prep lesson your students will love, to enhance their learning about creating and understanding vector graphics. Created for year 8 students this escape room combines quizzes, puzzles and sound to test their understanding of important concepts in the vector graphics unit.
Absolutely no preparation, no printing and no specialist knowledge required by the teacher.
This lesson makes an ideal activity to use as:
part of a cover lesson,
an end of term activity or
a fun homework task.
A fun, educational escape room game, this is sure to be a memorable activity your students will adore.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
This is an activity for part of a lesson and will take approximately 35 to 45 minutes to complete.
Ideally, students would need headphones to make the most out of this activity, but it can be run without if necessary. Simply give the students the link to the online site (no sign up required) and away they go.
Students can work individually or, if you prefer, they can work through this activity in pairs using computers located side by side.
The teacher doesn’t need to do anything other than give the students the link to this online activity. All the puzzles and quizzes are self-contained with students getting feedback automatically on their progress.
PLEASE NOTE: Students will need internet access in order to play this escape room game.
HOW LONG DOES THE ACTIVITY LAST?
It takes approximately 35 to 45 minutes to work through all the escape room challenges and makes an ideal end of unit activity to recap the skills they have learned in the unit.
Alternatively, set the pupils the escape room as a fun homework task that requires no marking. Simply ask the students to send you a screenshot of the final screen to show they have completed the activity.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
When you purchase this activity, you get a PDF document that contains a link to the online escape room. It also includes the answers so you can help pupils who may get into difficulty.
What are you waiting for? Grab your copy of this exciting and educational escape room today to help them recap the skills they have learned with vector images.
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Are you teaching vector graphics and want to spice things up a bit?
Look no further.
This great value bundle includes 6 stunning, no-prep worksheets to enhance learning and spark critical thinking and a great escape room activity.
With these no-prep activities, your students will enhance their learning of creating and understanding vector graphics.
Created for year 8 students, the worksheets have been developed to complement your existing scheme of work, break up the lessons and can promote deeper thinking into the subject matter.
The escape room activity combines quizzes, puzzles and sound to test their understanding of creating vector graphics.
Absolutely no preparation required by the teacher.
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This complete Python programming lesson teaches pupils how to create and amend simple one-dimensional lists in Python.
This lesson deals with one-dimensional lists only. It does not teach pupils about two-dimensional lists as that is covered in another lesson available from here.
Download this no-prep lesson now to help you take control of your workload.
This complete lesson includes an attractive dyslexia friendly PowerPoint presentation including videos to teach the key skills and the easy to follow teachers lesson plan includes all the answers.
This ready-to-use lesson is perfect for non-specialist teachers, newly qualified teachers and teachers who are teaching Python for the first time.
Please note: This lesson does assume the pupils are confident with using basic programming constructs of sequence, selection (if statements) and iteration (while and for loops).
Duration: 1 lesson.
This lesson teaches pupils about:
Creating simple 1D lists
Displaying the list
Displaying the list with each item on a separate line
Displaying single items in a list
Adding data to the end of a list
Adding data to a specific position in the list
Altering data in a list
Removing data from a list
Finding the length of a list
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This data representation workbook is perfect for students studying for the AQA GCSE (9-1) in computer science and has been updated to completely cover the new specification 8525.
It can be used in the classroom as a teaching aid, for self-study or as a revision tool. In this resource you will receive an interactive PDF workbook so your students can either print it out and complete the activities by hand or fill it in electronically making this an ideal workbook for use in school or for students studying at home.
The answer booklet is provided as a separate PDF file so you can assign your students the workbook without including the answers.
This 66-page workbook completely covers the new specification 8525 3.3 Fundamentals of Data Representation theory.
Table of Contents:
Number bases (decimal, binary and hexadecimal)
Converting between number bases
Units of information
Adding together binary numbers
Binary shift
Character encoding
Representing bitmap images
Colour depth and image size
Representing sound
Sampling rate and sample resolution
Calculate file sizes
Data compression
Huffman code
Run length encoding (RLE)
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You may also be interested in these workbooks which have also been updated for the new specification:
Algorithms
Python Programming
Computer Systems
Fundamentals of Computer Networks
Cyber Security
Relational databases and SQL
Ethical, Legal and Environmental Impacts
Looking for a comprehensive and easy-to-use resource to help your students excel in AQA GCSE 8525 computer science? Look no further than our complete set of workbooks!
Written specifically to match the requirements of the AQA GCSE Computer Science exams, these workbooks ensure that you cover the entire specification and provide your students with all the information they need for successful revision and exam preparation.
But these workbooks are more than just a standard handout or textbook. They’re interactive and engaging, combining the best of both worlds to create a powerful addition to your teacher’s toolkit. With everything at their fingertips, your students will be able to focus on learning and achieving their best.
What is included?
Our interactive PDF workbooks make it easy to focus on specific sections of the AQA 8525 GCSE in Computer Science syllabus without overwhelming your students. Each workbook is designed to cover a single topic in depth, using student-friendly language and clear explanations of key terminology to help your pupils digest the knowledge and retain it for longer.
Throughout each workbook, tasks are included to reinforce learning and allow you to monitor your students’ progress. Answers are provided in a separate PDF workbook, giving you the option to issue workbooks without answers for assessment purposes.
To help your students take ownership of their learning, each workbook also includes a student checklist. This tool allows students to track their progress and identify areas where they may need more work, helping you make the most of the time you have with your students.
This bundle includes all of the following AQA workbooks:
Fundamentals of Algorithms
Programming using Python
Fundamentals of Data Representation
Computer Systems
Fundamentals of Computer Networks
Cyber Security
Relational Databases and Structured Query Language (SQL)
Ethical, Legal and Environmental Impacts of Digital Technology
The total individual price for all the computer science workbooks is £135.92 but when purchased as a bundle you can get all this for only £100 saving you more than 25% of the individual price.
How can they be used?
Our AQA 8525 GCSE in Computer Science workbooks are the perfect complement to your classroom teaching. They offer the flexibility to be completed either on-screen or printed and completed manually on paper, ensuring continuity both in the computer room and when your classroom is being used by another subject.
In addition, our workbooks can also be given to students as homework or self-study projects to complete on their own at home. This is a great option for students who may need extra practice or who want to reinforce their understanding of a particular topic.
The best part? When you purchase our workbooks, you’ll receive a PDF file that can be reused time and time again with no further costs or ongoing subscription fees. This means that you can continue to use them year after year, saving time and money in the process.
So whether you’re looking for an in-class supplement, a homework option, or a comprehensive revision tool, our AQA 8525 GCSE in Computer Science workbooks are an excellent choice.
Taking over a new year 10 GCSE computer science class? Wanting to find out your current classes Python programming skills? This resource contains a list of practical Python programming challenges which test key aspects of the KS3 national curriculum for text-based programming language.
Pupils are tested on:
Mathematical operators
Data types
Dealing with strings
Loops
If statements
Logical operators
Random numbers
Data structures (lists) and
Sub programs
The pupils are given a worksheet which contains 11 Python programming challenges. They need to work through them attempting the programs and sections they can. If they don’t know how to do something then ask them to move on and try to complete as much of the challenges as they can. This allows you to find out the gaps in their current knowledge.
The results are then entered into a an Excel spreadsheet using a simple system of 0 (not met the criteria) or 1 (met the criteria) that is then converted into a list showing you the pupils current understanding displayed as “Secure” or “Developing”. You can then use this to help you plan future lessons to fill the gaps in their skills.
This practical assessment can be used at the end of Key Stage 3 to help you and pupils when selecting their options or it can be used at the start of their GCSE to assess which areas need to be recapped.
This resource also includes the completed Python programs for all the challenges allowing you to see a possible answer for each challenge making this easier for non-specialists and NQTs who want to have a little more assistance as they build their confidence in Python programming.
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This has got to be one of the most unusual and fun ways of introducing your students to the delights of the bubble, insert and merge sorting algorithms. Even if your exam board only teaches two of these sorting algorithms it’s still worth getting this activity and teaching all three as it is just so much fun!
Using an escape room activity that involves a witch and a goblin (who doesn’t want that?) your students will learn the basics of how these three algorithms work.
This is a student-led interactive escape room activity that is ideal for social distancing and does not require any student computers and they can remain at their individual desks and yet they will still be working together.
The entire activity will last a single lesson.
Your role is to not do a lot and put the emphasis on your students working together. Early on you will be turned into a goblin! Sorry (not really sorry) so you may want to practise your goblin roar for when it’s called upon.
Students therefore cannot rely on you to help them (because you’ll be a goblin) and they’ll have to work together (either as a whole class or in smaller teams if you prefer) to try and solve all the riddles in their “spell books” for themselves.
The main activity is introduced via a whole-class PowerPoint presentation which includes videos giving the students vital instructions and helping them if necessary. Each pupil is given a printout of the spell book which contains all the challenges.
This escape room style activity gives your students a great introduction to the three sorting algorithms (bubble sort, insert sort and merge sort) and will certainly give your students a boost at the start of learning this topic.
Suitable for higher KS3 classes and GCSE Computer Science classes.
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A great introduction to understanding how text, images and sound are saved as binary. These ready to use data representation lessons will save you hours of preparation and can easily be adapted to meet your own requirements.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
In this unit you have 3 ready-to-use lessons:
ASCII characters
Bitmap images
Sound
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Everything you need is included such as:
a very high-quality accessible PowerPoint presentation for every lesson that effortlessly leads the teacher through the lesson and includes all the answers to the many questions and tasks the students need to complete
a 2-sided editable worksheet for every lesson
an easy-to-follow editable lesson plan for every lesson
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PRIOR LEARNING
This unit does expect pupils to be familiar with binary and in particular know that:
Computers store numbers using binary.
Binary can only contain 1s and 0s.
A single binary digit is a bit.
They can translate denary numbers into binary and binary numbers into denary by working out the column headings.
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If your students are unfamiliar with these concepts, I highly recommend purchasing my 2 lesson unit called “Understanding Binary” which covers all of these topics and will ensure your students are ready for this unit. Many teachers purchase both units (Understanding Binary and Data Representation) together and run them as a single 5 week unit as they complement each other so well.
EASY TO USE
These ready to use resources are so straightforward that although I have included a lesson plan, most teachers can teach straight from the PowerPoint presentation without any further assistance. And best of all, the answers are included saving you time and energy.
This makes these lessons suitable for experienced computing specialist teachers along with non-specialists and early career teachers (ECTs).
EDITABLE RESOURCES
I understand that teachers want to adapt their resources, so I’ve made the bold decision to make these resources editable.
Therefore, if you need to use a particular template style for your school,or if you have students with specific educational needs, you can change the lesson to suit them.
It gives you the flexibility to alter the lessons to suit your own particular needs.
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TEACHING TECHNIQUES
These teaching resources have been specifically designed to aid pupils using educational psychology backed theories including dual coding, Mayer’s theory and the best techniques to alleviate cognitive load.
Your students will have a higher retention rate, better and deeper understanding of the subject matter and will build their confidence in a natural way which reduces distractions and helps them focus on the learning.
These lessons are highly interactive and engage students straight from the start.
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Do your students need a little extra help with understanding using lists in Python programming? Are you looking for some ready to use programming challenges that can be easily incorporated into your lessons?
This worksheet can be used as a classroom activity, for a homework task or as a ready-to-use task for quick finishers, making this an invaluable resource to have in your teacher kit.
Download this ready to use worksheet now and take control of your workload. Use it immediately or simply keep it in reserve for when you need it.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This 2-page PDF printable handout includes:
example code,
a tasks to read code,
a task to correct code and
3 practical challenges.
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You even have a separate PDF with possible answers.
The diversity of these lists programming challenges allow pupils to develop a variety of useful programming skills. This resource is perfect for established computer science teachers, non-specialist teachers or newly qualified teachers.
What are you waiting for? Take action straight away and grab your copy of this wonderful worksheet today that will keep your pupils engaged and making real progress. Everything is done for you which will save you hours of preparation time.
Please note: This resource is a non-editable PDF
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Create an attractive display in your computer room to help explain to your students how to use the popular programming technique of rubber duck debugging.
This resource includes all the elements required to create a main display and also includes handy, smaller posters to dot around the room as visual prompts to students and “flat ducks” that can be stuck to desks for pupils to talk to if you don’t have any 3D ducks available.
Buy this ready-to-use resource now and instantly brighten up your classroom with a display that is both engaging and useful.
HOW CAN YOU USE THIS DISPLAY?
This display works well when all three sections are combined using:
a display board in your room for the main display
several smaller posters at eye level for use when pupils are sitting at their desks and
a small “flat duck” stuck next to their computer on their desk (ideally so it looks like the duck is looking at the screen)
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PREPARING THE DISPLAY
You have colour and black and white versions. Print only the relevant pages you need. You may need to print some pages more than once (i.e. the rubber duck images).
It is best to print the pages in colour if you can, but I have included a black and white version too. If you are printing in black and white you may wish to print them onto coloured paper/card to add a bit of interest in your classroom.
I suggest printing the sections for the wall display on card or laminating each page before cutting out the sections to give a more professional finish. Carefully cut out all the sections and add them to your display space (making sure the letters are the right way up and in the correct order).
I’ve also included a suggested layout to give you an idea of how you can arrange the main display. However, you may want to arrange it slightly differently to fit the space you have.
Add the smaller individual posters at eye-level height as a prompt for the students when they are working. Finally, if you do not have any rubber ducks for your students to talk to you can use the printed “flat ducks” as a substitute. Cut out the smaller ducks and stick them to the desk (preferably facing the monitor) which students can talk to.
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Here are all the parts needed to create an attractive display in your computer room to help explain to your students about their digital footprint.
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HOW CAN YOU USE THIS DISPLAY?
This display works well when positioned:
on a display board in your computer room
in the corridor or
above your whiteboard.
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PREPARING THE DISPLAY
You have colour and black and white versions. Print only the relevant pages you need for your computer room display. Some pages may require more than one copy (i.e. the footprints to make a walking pattern).
It is best to print the pages in colour, if you can, but I have included a black and white version too to help you save on printing costs. If you are printing in black and white you may wish to print them onto coloured paper to add a bit of interest in your classroom.
I suggest printing the pages on card or laminating each page before cutting out the sections to give a more professional finish. Carefully cut out the sections and add them to your display space (making sure the letters are the right way up and in the correct order).
I’ve include a suggested layout to give you an idea of how you can display these sections in your computer room however you may want to display it slightly differently to fit the space you have.
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Do your students need a little extra help with creating and using 2D lists in Python programming? Are you looking for some ready to use programming challenges that can be easily incorporated into your lessons?
This worksheet can be used as a classroom activity, for a homework task or as a ready-to-use task for quick finishers, making this an invaluable resource to have in your teacher kit.
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WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This 2-page PDF printable handout includes:
example code,
a task to read code,
a task to explain code and
3 practical challenges for them to practice writing Python code.
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You even have a separate PDF with possible answers.
The diversity of these 2D list challenges allow pupils to develop a variety of useful programming skills. This resource is perfect for established computer science teachers, non-specialist teachers or newly qualified teachers.
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Please note: This resource is a non-editable PDF
FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of our complete resources which we will usually charge full price for but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just our little way of saying thank you to our valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
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This computer systems workbook is perfect for students studying for the AQA GCSE (9-1) in computer science and has been updated to completely cover the new specification 8525.
It can be used in the classroom as a teaching aid, for self-study or as a revision tool. In this resource you will receive an interactive PDF workbook so your students can either print it out and complete the activities by hand or fill it in electronically making this an ideal workbook for use in school or for students studying at home.
The answer booklet is provided as a separate PDF file so you can assign your students the workbook without including the answers.
BONUS RESOURCE: This resource also includes a PowerPoint presentation that allows pupils to easily create neat logic circuits by simply dragging the options into the desired position. Clear instructions given in the presentation on how to use it.
This 54-page workbook completely covers the new specification 8525 3.4 Computer Systems theory.
Table of Contents:
Hardware and software
Boolean logic (NOT, AND, OR and XOR)
Truth tables
Logic circuits
Boolean expressions
Software Classification (System software and application software)
Functions of the operating system
Low-level languages
High-level languages
Interpreter, compiler and assembler translators
Systems architecture
Von Neumann architecture
CPU
Fetch-Execute cycle
Memory (ROM, RAM, Cache and Registers)
Secondary memory (Solid state, optical and magnetic)
Cloud storage
Embedded systems
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You may also be interested in these workbooks which have also been updated for the new specification:
Algorithms
Python Programming
Fundamentals of Data Representation
Fundamentals of Computer Networks
Cyber Security
Relational databases and SQL
Ethical, Legal and Environmental Impacts
