I created this introduction to Binary resource for Y8 but could also be used for Y7. Contains Lesson Plan, Teacher’s Powerpoint and Students Worksheets with some fun quizzes to convert binary to denary and vice versa. The worksheets are excel-based and self-marking. The sheets are password protected to prevent formulae being overwritten. The password is TES

This resources is intended for KS2 or KS3 novices as an introduction to begin learning about Algorithms. It can be incorporated as an activity as part of a longer lesson. Students draw a monster or ‘crazy creature’ from instructions provided. The resource contains a Creature Catalogue of images which are then used by students to create their own algorithm.

Logo Code. Using FMS Logo to create shapes using Procedures. I used this with Year 7. Basic logo commands had already been covered in previous lessons along with use of ‘repeat’ and calculating the interior angles of polygons.