Welcome to my TES shop! I am a subject leader for ICT & Computer Science, creating and sharing resources to support teachers in delivering ICT, Computer Science, Computational Thinking and the Digital Competence Framework. For more resources, visit robbotresources.com
email: carl@robbotresources.com
Welcome to my TES shop! I am a subject leader for ICT & Computer Science, creating and sharing resources to support teachers in delivering ICT, Computer Science, Computational Thinking and the Digital Competence Framework. For more resources, visit robbotresources.com
email: carl@robbotresources.com
This resource includes two different packs:
Questions Pack
The questions pack includes a range of practice 9 and 12 mark exam questions which cover topics found within all major GCSE computer science specifications including:
Cyber Security
Mobile Technology
Wireless Networking
Cloud Storage
The Theft of Computer Code
Wearable Technologies & Implants
Privacy and Data Protection
An additional 10 questions are also included and cover the following topics:
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Vehicles
Businesses and Services
Environmental Issues
The Digital Divide
What3Words
Facial Recognition Technology
Social Networking
Social Media Addiction
Fake News
Each question includes the following:
Planning activities
Answer structure guidance
Mark scheme
This pack also includes information on how to tackle long answer questions.
Topics Pack
This includes information which covers a wide range of topics associated with the impact and risks of digital technology on society.
Each question within the questions pack is covered with a range of information which includes benefits, and environmental, ethical and legal & privacy concerns.
This bundle includes all 6 Binary Ninja number conversion packs which includes over 6000 questions for your students! Each activity pack includes over 1000 questions split between four different challenge levels, allowing students of all abilities to learn how to convert binary, decimal and hexadecimal numbers!
Each activity pack contains four levels of differentiation:
Level 1: Eight activity sheets containing four sets of eight numbers each set within a progressive range.
Level 2: Eight activity sheets containing two sets of sixteen numbers both sets within a progressive range.
Level 3: Eight activity sheets containing thirty two numbers each page within a progressive range.
Level 4: Eight activity sheets containing thirty two random numbers within the range of 0 to 255.
Each pack includes 8 pages of 32 questions, converting the numbers 0 to 255 (a byte). Each challenge pack includes clear explanations on how to make conversions and calculation tables to support the given conversion techniques and make students feel confident in doing it themselves.
Each pack is provided as printable pdf so that students can complete them on paper. All answers are included on both pdf and ppt to allow for both teacher or self assessment.
Ideal to use as starter activities, plenaries or homework!
Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 2: Design your text adventure
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 2, students will be introduced to a typical game development lifecycle and start by planning and designing their text adventure game. Students will need to consider target audience, challenges and context of the adventure. Once completed, students will create a layout of their game world and build up the necessary details within it.
**Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 3: Create a Prototype
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.**
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 3, students will use their design work from Part 2 to create a prototype of their text adventure game through the use of PowerPoint. Users should be able to navigate through the student’s text adventure world and see how each location is connected.
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 1, students are introduced to text adventure gaming, research existing games and gain understanding of what would make a good text adventure game.
**Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 4: Inputs, Outputs and Storage
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.**
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 4, students will start to create their text adventure games. Through Python, students will be introduced to basic programming concepts such as outputting written information, allowing a user to input information and storing information in a variable.
**Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 6: Selection
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.**
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 6, students will learn how to use selection techniques to help the user navigate their text adventure world.
**Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 5: Subroutines
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.**
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 5, students will learn how to create subroutines and use them to host each location within their text adventure world.
**Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 7: Arrays
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.**
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 7, students will learn how to use arrays to hold collectable itinerary items. Students will learn techniques which will allow a player to both collect and use items within their text adventure game.
**Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 8: Iteration
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.**
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 8, students will learn how to use both count controlled and condition controlled iteration and apply both techniques within their text adventure games.
**Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 9: Game Development
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.**
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 9, students will learn how to develop their games further by using techniques such as random number generation to create random events or to collect random objects, the time module to create a typing text effect and methods for creating ASCII art.
**Create a Python Text Adventure || Part 10: External File Handling
Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.**
Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course (available to purchase as a bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12961583), students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
Within Part 10, students will learn how to read, store and write information to and from external text files. This will then be applied to their text adventure games, allowing them to save a players itinerary items and return them to their itinerary when they return to the game.
Computer Science || Logic Gates & Boolean Expressions Poster Set
Discover the essence of logical brilliance with my Logic Gates and Boolean Expression simplification poster set!
Unveil the secrets of digital circuits as these posters illustrate the functions of fundamental logic gates. From AND and OR to XOR and NOT, navigate through their operations seamlessly.
Elevate your skills further as the set demystifies Boolean expression simplification, empowering you to optimise logical processes effortlessly.
Perfect for students of Computer Science, this poster set is your gateway to mastering the language of binary brilliance!
Computer Science || Command Word Poster Set
Upgrade your classroom wall displays with this fantastic poster set! Use the poster set to review your students grasp of command words specifically used within Computer Science based exam questions.
The following command words are covered:
Tick
Calculate
Explain
Describe
Identify
State
Name
Give
Compare
Complete
Show
Draw
Convert
Simplify
Within sets of three, each question includes an explanation of the question, an example exam question and a model answer (with marking annotation).
Created as hexadecimals, the poster set can be placed as creatively as you are!
Note: Each hexadecimal poster section will need cutting out individually.
Computer Science || Data Conversion Poster Set
Unlock the world of data conversion with my exclusive four poster set!
Dive into the realm of data transformation as my visually stunning posters guide you through the process in three simple steps!
Data conversion techniques include:
Binary to decimal
Decimal to binary
Hexadecimal to binary
Binary to hexadecimal
A must have for all GCSE Computer Science teaching rooms!
**Teach your students the key concepts of software development and fundamental programming skills within the context of a text adventure game.
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Taught through the use of Python, by the end of the full course, students will have a fully functioning Python Text Adventure!
Within the full course, students will learn the following skills:
Part 1: Introduction to text adventure gaming
Part 2: How to design a text adventure game
Part 3: Creating a prototype text adventure
Part 4: Programming techniques - Inputs, Outputs & Storage
Part 5: Programming techniques - Subroutines
Part 6: Programming techniques - Selection
Part 7: Programming techniques - Arrays
Part 8: Programming techniques - Iteration
Part 9: Programming techniques - Game development (Random number generation, use of time module and ASCII art)
Part 10: Programming techniques - External file handling
This resource is ideal preperation for GCSE Computer Science NEA Coursework!