Alan Turing: video worksheets, differentiated x3

Engaging, funny, and informative, Dick and Dom present the life and works of Alan Turing. Using recreations of experiments, expert explanations, startling examples and whacky cut-aways, the presenters explain his biography (not incl. personal life and death). His role at Bletchley Park; the Enigma Code vs the Caesar Cipher (with James Grime). Turing’s Bomb machine. A visit to Bletchley Park, guided by Jean Valentine, an original Bletchley codebreaker. Post-war work on computing (with ‘comedian’ Matt Parker) – Hartree’s Differential Analyzer, The Manchester Baby. Binary numbers as instructions. TFL’s SCOOT traffic-management system. The harebrained presenters create fireworks displays using computers.

Try the format FOR FREE: see Archimedes in this series here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13136795

Find the film on YouTube’s Tangwaap channel by searching for “Absolute Genius S2 E8 Alan Turing”. The film is also available on other YouTube channels.

16 questions for the 28-min film. Differentiated THREE ways! All versions look similar, but “B” version has subtle clues, and “C” version requires pupils to cross out wrong answers, not write in correct ones, allowing pupils with literacy difficulties to access the work. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc and .pdf of all sheets, two different links to the film on all sheets.