21 words with the letters jumbled up - some of them are computer science and some of them are Christmas related. Answers included at the bottom to save you having to engage the brain as you approach the Christmas holiday!

Students need to think of as many computer science keywords as possible that start with the letter displayed in the Christmas stocking.

A worksheet used for research and note taking whilst teaching the Network Topology section of the GCSE OCR Computer Science.

PDF and PUB file included so the resource can be edited and used for mixed topics / subjects Green letters can be used more than once Blue letters can only be used once Red letter must be included Students need to think of key terms linked to the topic. eg. Topic: Hardware Words: Keyboard, Memory etc...

A set of activities on powerpoint that the pupils can work through in those lessons just before Christmas: Unscramble keywords, Spot the Input Device Spot the difference Binary Baubles Data Types Acrostic Poem

Christmas task - convert numbers in to binary, find the colour associated with that binary number and colour in the blank pixel grid to reveal a Christmas related image.

Used as a re-cap starter activity (although it took the students longer than I expected) on the hardware topic. Clues given, students workout the keyword / phrase and then try to it on the grid.

A word search with 10 input and out put devices to find plus 5 hidden Christmas related words.

The total of each box is the sum of the numbers below - Practice converting numbers in to binary and hexadecimal. Double Sided: Side 1: Binary Side 2: Hexadecimal

Fun Christmas activity that gets students to think about words related to Computer Science - They have to use the letters in the Christmas phrase to make words. Points scored depending on the number of letters - Can be turned in to a competition.

A useful revision worksheet that looks at HTML, CSS and Javascript. Double sided worksheet with a range of questions to check understanding. Describing Tags Writing CSS Embedding CSS in a HTML Tag Server-side v Client-Side Purpose of Javascript, CSS and HTML

Grids to be displayed on a whiteboard with 9 questions. Topics covered: Representing Data Databases Networks & Internet Programming Can be used as a quiz or individual grids used as a starter to a lesson. I have used as a revision quiz and have included the answer grid PDF. I gave the students 30 seconds on each grid. Easy to adapt for future topics.

GCSE Computing 100 mark Mock Exam - Based on A451 OCR Computing Spec. Questions on all topics from the spec.

A double sided worksheet with 5 programming challenges (paper based). Pupils need to work out how to move the spaceship with instructions to find Bobs friends. Task 4 & 5 introduce the use of a REPEAT command to loop instructions. I have used a coin in class so the pupils can track movement.

This is the third word spiral task I have created. Students use the clues to find keywords. They write these words in to the spiral. They then use the letters circuled in red to reveal a hidden word. Great Computer Science Starter activity