Banned Words is similar to the games Taboo ™ or Forbidden Words ™. Students must get their teammates to guess key words by giving a definition without using certainly banned words. Great for improving language and explanation skills, and for ESL pupils. This game works well for starters and plenaries. This fully editable Banned Words PowerPoint contains terms covering the Networks & the Internet topic. You can also download this resource as part of a pack covering 185 terms and 6 topics (see below). This electronic version of the game saves printing and laminating cards. The presentation can be shown to a student on the teacher’s computer. When the presentation is run, key terms will be selected in a random order until each one has been used exactly once. A blank template is included to create your own games based on your chosen topics. Notes: The random-slide function will ensure each slide is selected exactly once. For the random-slide functionality to work you must: Enable Macros when opening the presentation Click the blue arrows to change slide (not the cursor keys on the keyboard)

Banned Words is similar to the games Taboo ™ or Forbidden Words ™. Students must get their teammates to guess key words by giving a definition without using certainly banned words. Great for improving language and explanation skills, and for ESL pupils. This game works well for starters and plenaries. This fully editable Banned Words PowerPoint contains terms covering the Data Representation topic. You can also download this resource as part of a pack covering 185 terms and 6 topics (see below). This electronic version of the game saves printing and laminating cards. The presentation can be shown to a student on the teacher’s computer. When the presentation is run, key terms will be selected in a random order until each one has been used exactly once. A blank template is included to create your own games based on your chosen topics. Notes: The random-slide function will ensure each slide is selected exactly once. For the random-slide functionality to work you must: Enable Macros when opening the presentation Click the blue arrows to change slide (not the cursor keys on the keyboard)

Banned Words is similar to the games Taboo ™ or Forbidden Words ™. Students must get their teammates to guess key words by giving a definition without using certainly banned words. Great for improving language and explanation skills, and for ESL pupils. This game works well for starters and plenaries. This fully editable Banned Words PowerPoint contains terms covering Hardware topic. You can also download this resource as part of a pack covering 185 terms and 6 topics (see below). This electronic version of the game saves printing and laminating cards. The presentation can be shown to a student on the teacher’s computer. When the presentation is run, key terms will be selected in a random order until each one has been used exactly once. A blank template is included to create your own games based on your chosen topics. Notes: The random-slide function will ensure each slide is selected exactly once. For the random-slide functionality to work you must: Enable Macros when opening the presentation Click the blue arrows to change slide (not the cursor keys on the keyboard)

Banned Words is similar to the games Taboo ™ or Forbidden Words ™. Students must get their teammates to guess key words by giving a definition without using certainly banned words. Great for improving language and explanation skills, and for ESL pupils. This game works well for starters and plenaries. This fully editable Banned Words PowerPoint contains terms covering Bigger Picture topic. You can also download this resource as part of a pack covering 185 terms and 6 topics (see below). This electronic version of the game saves printing and laminating cards. The presentation can be shown to a student on the teacher’s computer. When the presentation is run, key terms will be selected in a random order until each one has been used exactly once. A blank template is included to create your own games based on your chosen topics. Notes: The random-slide function will ensure each slide is selected exactly once. For the random-slide functionality to work you must: Enable Macros when opening the presentation Click the blue arrows to change slide (not the cursor keys on the keyboard)

Banned Words is similar to the games Taboo ™ or Forbidden Words ™. Students must get their teammates to guess key words by giving a definition without using certainly banned words. Great for improving language and explanation skills, and for ESL pupils. This game works well for starters and plenaries. This fully editable Banned Words PowerPoint contains terms covering the ‘Software’ topic. You can also download this resource as part of a pack covering 185 terms and 6 topics (see below). This electronic version of the game saves printing and laminating cards. The presentation can be shown to a student on the teacher’s computer. When the presentation is run, key terms will be selected in a random order until each one has been used exactly once. A blank template is included to create your own games based on your chosen topics. Notes: The random-slide function will ensure each slide is selected exactly once. For the random-slide functionality to work you must: Enable Macros when opening the presentation Click the blue arrows to change slide (not the cursor keys on the keyboard)

Banned Words is similar to the games Taboo ™ or Forbidden Words ™. Students must get their teammates to guess key words by giving a definition without using certainly banned words. Great for improving language and explanation skills, and for ESL pupils. This game works well for starters and plenaries. This fully editable Banned Words PowerPoint contains 38 terms covering Algorithms and Programming. You can also download this resource as part of a pack covering 185 terms and 6 topics (see below). This electronic version of the game saves printing and laminating cards. The presentation can be shown to a student on the teacher’s computer. When the presentation is run, key terms will be selected in a random order until each one has been used exactly once. A blank template is included to create your own games based on your chosen topics. Notes: The random-slide function will ensure each slide is selected exactly once. For the random-slide functionality to work you must: Enable Macros when opening the presentation Click the blue arrows to change slide (not the cursor keys on the keyboard)

Full lesson - What’s Inside a Computer? Following on from lesson 1, this lesson covers the processing steps that take place inside common examples of computer systems. Includes teacher’s PowerPoint, activity, and plenary. Homework crossword (with separate answer sheet) included. Fully editable resource.

Full lesson - Input and Output (IO) devices. Following on from lesson 2, this lesson covers common input and output devices, including computer accessibility for disabled users. Includes teacher’s PowerPoint, activity, worksheet, and plenary. Homework worksheet is also included. Fully editable resource.

Full lesson - end of basic hardware unit. Starter is a recap of previous hardware concepts. The main lesson activity covers the advantages and disadvantages of cloud storage. The final activity / homework activity is an assessment task. Pupils must select a suitable computer specification for each of five scenarios, designed to test their understanding from earlier in the unit. Guidance for assessment is given. Fully editable resource.

Computer Science matching quiz collection. Each quiz features 10 Computer Science keywords that must be matched to their definitions. Perfect games for starters and plenaries. 11 sheets included, covering the following topics: Algorithms & Computational Thinking (3) Communication and the Internet (2) CPU architecture & fetch-decode-execute cycle Data representation (2) Hardware Programming languages Software Separate answer keys are included for each quiz. Fully editable resource.

Full lesson - secondary storage devices including starter, teacher’s PowerPoint, worksheet, plenary task, and homework task. Following on from lesson 3, this lesson covers the difference between primary and secondary storage, and the different types of secondary storage device. Fully editable resource.

Collection of 8 hexadecimal themed classroom posters (plus variations). Perfect for GCSE Computer Science and IB Computer Science classroom displays. Collection includes: 2 posters for calculating the denary value of hexadecimal numbers 2 posters for calculating the hexadecimal value of denary numbers 2 posters for matching denary to hexadecimal 2 posters for matching binary to hexadecimal Posters are fully editable Word documents and each includes a version with a black background and a version with a white background (to save ink). A3 sized, but obviously can be printed smaller.

Student glossary / dictionary of technical terms for GCSE Computer Science. Covering over 240 terms in 7 topics, each term has space for pupils to write a definition and to check the term off once it is understood. The glossary can be completed electronically by pupils or printed out and written by hand. A fully editable Word version is included to add / remove terms relevant to your GCSE syllabus.

A revision worksheet for GCSE Computer Science covering: Denary, binary, and hexadecimal conversion Binary arithmetic (addition, subtraction) Binary shifts (arithmetic and logical) Overflow Negative numbers (sign and magnitude) one’s complement, two’s complement) Exam style questions (total 48 marks). Each of the 11 objectives at the top of the sheet is accompanied by links to online revision resources for that concept. Fully editable resource. Separate answers sheet included.

Full lesson - Binary shifts. This lesson explains the concepts of logical and arithmetic binary shifts (left and right) with clear, full screen diagrams and examples. Practice questions and a full worksheet (with solutions) are included. Fully editable resource.