Excel model used to allow students to see how spreadsheets can be used to plan how to earn enough pocket money within a given time. Used with year 7 and 8s . Great as an introduction to how Spreadsheet can be used to make preditions / financial planning. Fully updatable, allows student to investigate and adjust the number of jobs and money earnt in order to earn enough money to be able to afford the Playstation. Includes a number of different graphs and the scenario that the model is based on and explains how the model is used.

Activity to create a Disney emoji bitmap image in excel to consider file size in terms of number of pixels, number of colours ; bit depth and looks at how to use a compression technique to reduce fiel size. Includes an exam question on lossy and lossless compression.

8 lesson bundle consisting of lots of practical activities and differentiated tasks with answers (written and html pages), so learners can practise what they have learnt culminating in website project. An introduction to common html tags and CSS styling. Basic - intermediate level. (40 Pages in all). Lesson 1 : Introduction to Html Lesson 2 : CSS - formatting text Lesson 3: CSS - formatting backgrounds Lesson 4: CSS - styling tables Lesson 5 : CSS - images and hyperlinks Lesson 6 and 7 : CSS - Layout styling div tags ( fixed and floating) Lesson 8 and 9 : Creating your website project 4 additional interactive lessons created in Powerpoint with all source code and answers ( 30 pages in all) - see video preview

Used with Year 7 / 8 to introduce what an Operating Systems is. Uses image of a car dash to get them thinking about Operating systems / interfaces and how does the driver and the car communicate. Missing word activity that summarises learning from Car dash activity Looks at different kinds of software - Matching up activity All answers provided

A worksheet that guides students to create a web page using html containing headings, images, backgrounds formatted using (css) Cascading Style Sheets. Contains extension tasks and all images and code to create the page. Suitable for Year 8 and upwards. Each addition of code is colour coded to make it easier to follow each insertion and gradually develop and create a more complex web page

Arduino - Yr 7 & 8 Technology, 9 & 10 Electronics, Design & Technology A range of worksheet activities with circuit diagrams and code covering Computer Science and Physics curriculum. Can be used to make programming more interactive / fun building practical systems. With links to all the Tinkercad devices for immediate / hassle free access : Arduino–Getting-started-with-TinkerCad-Simulation : how to build circuits, code 2.TinkerCad-Traffic-Light-Simulation : create own traffic light system. 3.Using Loops in programming the Arduino using Tinkercad : learn how to use for Loops 4.TinkerCad-Knight-Rider-Simulation : create iconic strobe effect with sound 5.TinkerCad-Parking-Sensor-Simulation with flashing leds and sounds and distance sensor 6.Tinkercad Night Light Simulation with LDR and push switch. Tinkercad Electronic Dice with Push button Tinkercad Creating and displaying characters using an LCD Includes a Summary of aims / learning for each lesson too. Over 60 pages of instructions / activities. If any of links to projects online do not open ( I update them every 30 days as they expire on the site) please email me : narud@outlook.com. Please let me now if there any other issues and give me feedback, so I can improve ( and you can download the improved versions).

Used with Year 10 / 11 GCSE Computer Science. Students research current security issues making in the news and understand why it is important to install updates to computer systems. WhatsApp issues and NHS Makware .

A number of different worksheets covering how images are represented / stored digitally. Pixels, bit depth and calculating file size in bits and bytes. Includes practical activity for learners to create their own bitmap images including meta data. Used with Year 10 and 11 GCSE Computer Science Data Representation unit.

A Crossword in Excel with Answers units of storage bits, bytes, KB,MB,GB,TB,PB and how to convert between them A missing word sheet comparing common storage devices - optical, magnetic, flash etc with answers A drag and drop game produced in Word matching up properties of Optical disk, Hard drive, Solid State, Flash dirve , FLoppy Disk Used with Year8, 9 and 10 Computer Science classes

Used in Year 8 and 9 to introduce Students to Computer Science and gets them away from standard software such as Python, Scratch. Great for cross -curricular links - Physics/Electronics/Programming/Technology. A set of resources that explains how to make programming more fun interactive using LEDs, Buzzers controlled by the Arduino micro-controller. Students are introduced to an Arduino circuit building simulator to practise how to create circuits using a breadboard and how to connect to Arduino and code to control their circuits. Includes : source code, circuit diagrams, and photographs of set ups and videos programs running. Information about how the Arduino works and where the best place to buy all the components you need. Also see my other resources designed in Tinkercad.

A very comprehensive complete range of examples of simple drawing to animating and creating games using Python with Pygame - a Moodle resource - all images and source code - about 30 different in all. Coding can be down without the need to install python with an online pygame emulator called Trinket.

An activity that introduces what a sub program is and the difference between procedures and functions. Students show their understanding by building a Calculator program using Python. Answers provided. Activty sheet with provided

An introduction for Year 8 students showing them how to get started with creating websites using html. Allowing them to experiment with an easy to use online editor which helps students investigate html, css and other languages in an easy to use online editor. Good introduction before students use a text editor like Notepad or Dreamweaver.

A resource that test basic understanding of html and css.Includes a missing word activity as an introduction and then students interpret html and css to work out the page that would be displayed. Suitable for Year 8 revision lesson. Students use Microsoft Word to type in answers.

A summary of why there are different image formats such as jpeg, gifs, tifs and the difference between lossy and lossless compression. Missing word sheet based on a video. Good exercise to be done as a summary / reinforcing activity for Year 10 / 11 Computer Science students for the Data Representation Topic.

Learners use images and quotes on 4 Tech entrepreneurs to develop their own report using Word or PowerPoint. Task has been designed for learners to work independently. Includes PowerPoint presentation with animation, which summarises Elon Mush, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and James Dyson’s achievements with lots of fun and interesting videos. Activities will last over a double lesson and can be used in a Technology or Science Lesson. Includes animated gifs too. Include a crossword creating using Microsoft Excel as a summary.

A number of activities based on a couple of videos - missing word puzzles and checking how secure a password is

Introduces Firewalls : GCSE Computer Science System Security

An introduction to how Arduino works. Used in the Unit 16 Procedural Programming - btec extended diploma unit. From website : btecictresources.co.uk

First activity shows how you can compress a wav file to investigate file size, Sampling rate and sound quality Second activity shows how to use audacity to do basic sound editting