Make your lessons fun with Computational Thinking! Structured Query Language is a programming language used to manipulate information stored in databases. As with all programming languages the best way to learn its functions is through solving problems. In this series of fun worksheets (or possible homework sheets) are sets of problems that are solved by writing or interpreting SQL instructions. Students must either predict the output of SQL instructions or calculate the SQL that must have been used to produce some given output from a database. Set 2 includes an explanation of the uses of INSERT, UPDATE & DELETE functions followed by 5 pages of questions. This style of learning is very well received by students who "love solving the problems".

Ever wished you could write resources that looked like they could have been professionally written? This staff tutorial teaches the skills and techniques required to create colourful, professional looking resources quickly. If you'd like to sell resources yourself or simply improve your own classroom resources this download is a great place to start. Today’s pupils live in a world where they are surrounded by colourful, interactive content which is literally at their fingertips. It should come as no surprise then that when presented with a white worksheet covered with black text and a couple of Googled graphics many pupils instinctively respond negatively. A modern teacher has a responsibility to improve their own skills in order to create engaging resources Note that this version of the tutorial contains instructions to create resources using Serif PagePlus, a very popular desktop publishing application. PagePlus is used in many schools due to its fun interface, ease of use and fantastic facilities. I highly recommend it to colleagues when delivering training on this topic. This staff tutorial could possibly be used with older students to teach the skills required to write professional looking reports.

(My resources are used in thousands of schools all over the world. I hope you enjoy this one.) At the end of my App Inventor unit I asked my students to create a phone app of their own. While most coped well others required a bit more help. These three worksheets provide worked examples to be used for inspiration. The worksheets may also be used by staff who wish to see working examples of apps as part of their own learning. Screenshots and images from App Inventor for Android are created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License located at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Have fun. My students loved these! Previously downloaded 40,000 times on a few websites comments have included: “Brilliant resources! Thank you for sharing.” “Would love to introduce this into my school ICT curriculum.” “Fantastic resource.

This is a simple homework that may be used with a variety of ages that covers: Spell Checking Search & Replace The 2 page homework is entirely self contained providing the theory notes on one side and questions on the other. This would also make the homework a perfect resources for cover work when staff are absent. Screenshots used from Microsoft Word are used with permission of Microsoft and are trademarked Microsoft® software. Permission of use is granted under the End User Licence Agreement.

These exercises were written to solve that familiar problem of; “what homework do I give during practical lessons like programming?”. In this series of questions students are asked to consider small programming problems and design solutions using pseudocode or a programming language of their choice. Homework 4 of 10 includes questions on: - Input - Output - Calculation (power ^, Int Function) - Fixed Loop - Arrays Two additional theory questions cover Data Types and Order of Code. Two marking schemes give answers in: 1. Pseudocode and Python 2. Pseudocode and Visual Basic My students found this a very helpful aid to their understanding of program structures and problem solving. Questions 1-5 are available to purchase as a bundle. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/practise-programming-questions-1-to-5-bundle-11543151

A 25 mark database homework/revision question covering: Field Types Input Validation Primary and Foreign keys Reasons for Using Relational Database Searching Sorting Written for the Scottish National 5 course but valid for all introductory Database units. My students found this very useful. Question 1 of 6.

An 11 mark database homework/revision question covering: Field Types Input Validation (including Restricted Choice) Primary and Foreign keys Modification Errors Sorting on Two Fields Written for the Scottish National 5 course but valid for all introductory Database units. My students found this very useful. Question 3 of 6.

A 14 mark database homework/revision question covering: Entity Relationship Diagrams Data Dictionaries Compound and Surrogate keys Use of Forms and Reports Note that two versions of the question have been uploaded. One contains a simple ERD (entities and relationship) and the other contains a more complex ERD (also including attributes) Written for the Scottish Higher course but valid for all intermediate level Database units. My students found this very useful. Question 4 of 6.

Written to provide appropriate written homework for classes involved in the practical activity of website design and implementation this 14 mark homework covers: Design: Consistency, Readability and Navigation Purpose of Javascript Use of Body and Image tags External Hyperlinks Domain Names Properties of png and gif Standard File Types Testing (links and layout) Worked very well in class as both a homework and revision task.

These exercises were written to solve that familiar problem of; “what homework do I give during practical lessons like programming?”. In this series of questions students are asked to consider small programming problems and design solutions using pseudocode or a programming language of their choice. Homework 7 of 10 includes questions on: - Functions - Procedures - Parameter Passing - Reading Data From a Text File - Algorithm – Linear Search - Array of Records Three marking schemes give answers in: 1. Pseudocode 2. Python 3. Visual Basic Python and Visual Basic Solutions are also supplied to use when demonstrating/discussing solutions. My students found this a very helpful aid to their understanding of program structures and problem solving. Questions 1-5 are available to purchase as a bundle.

A generic programming question for use with any programming language. Suitable as classwork or as a homework exercise to accompany a practical programming course. Students are given a scenario and required to write code on paper (using pseudocode or a programming language of their choice). The program requires use of: Functions Procedures Parameter Passing (value and reference) Writing Data to a Text File Algorithm – Count Occurences Required Variables and Arrays Two marking schemes give answers in: 1. Pseudocode 2. Python Python and Visual Basic Solutions are also supplied to use when demonstrating/discussing solutions. My students found this a very helpful aid to their understanding of program structures and problem solving. This is homework 8 of 10. Questions 1 to 5 are now available as a bundle at half price.

Written to provide appropriate written homework for classes involved in the practical activity of website design and implementation this 10 mark homework covers: User-Interface: Visual Layout, Selection, Consistency Standard File Types: Video Javascript Mouse Event: Rollover Domain Names URL Title and Head Tags Worked very well in class as both a homework and revision task.

This is a short written task is designed to following an introductory few lesson on HTML. The 15 minute, 15 mark homework sheet has four pages which use basic HTML tags to encourage students to learn the skill of finding errors in code. Question 1 shows a html file containing 10 deliberate errors. Students have to identify the position of each error and write in a correction. Question 2 consists of five similar problems. Students are shown a web page in a browser, each of which are not displaying as intended. Students told how the web page should have looked and have to identify what error may have been made in the code that would cause each page to display as shown. Question 2 may be used to generate lots of good discussion as often there may be several possible answers. This could easily be used as class written work or for staff absence cover. The download includes the original HTML files created while writing the questions. These may be used for demonstration, discussion or as part of your HTML course.

This is a short written task is designed to following an introductory lesson on HTML. The 10 to 15 minute, 18 mark homework sheet has two pages which cover the basic structure and tags of an HTML file. Question 1 shows a html file with most of the elements names removed from the tags. Students have to correctly complete the start and end tags for head, title, body, h1 and p. Question 2 shows a web page in a browser along with the HTML file. Students have to identify eight pieces of code that have been removed from the file, writing in the missing code. This could easily be used as class written work or for staff absence cover.

(Greg Reid has written two Computing text books for the Scottish education system. His resources are used in thousands of schools all over the world.) Five intermediate level worksheets that teach the specialist skills of computer drawing using shapes (known as vectors). These colourful, professional resources cover cutting shapes in two, adding effects like transparency, shadows or filters and how to add clip art from Serif's built in gallery. Worksheet II introduces students to nodes, allowing them to potentially create as complicated a shape or drawing as they wish. Previously these resources had an average rating of 5. Previous comments are shown below: "Thank you for sharing these fab resources!" "Just what I needed to introduce Serif Drawplus to my students, thank you!" "Great resource, thank you :)" "Fantastic resource - thank you so much for sharing!" Basic and Advanced worksheets are also available.

(Hi there. I am an experienced writer of resources who has written two Computing text books for the Scottish education system. My resources are always designed to be engaging and exciting. As a result they are used in thousands of schools all over the world.) Six worksheets that teach the basics of computer drawing using shapes (known as vectors). The worksheets cover creating shapes, adding colour, adding text, using brush strokes, grouping and layering. These colourful, professional resources have already been downloaded thousands of times receiving an average rating of 5 out of 5. Previous comments for these worksheets are shown below: Thank you for sharing these fab resources! Thanks for sharing - these are ideal! :) Just what I needed to introduce Serif Drawplus to my students, thank you! Great resource, thank you :) Fantastic resource - thank you so much for sharing! Intermediate and Advanced worksheets are also available.

These sheets are part of a Curriculum for Excellence course for S1 pupils. The format of these sheets was an attempt to get away from workbooks where pupils work from step 1 through to step 50 without thinking. Pupil are taught skills and encouraged to try things (in other words problem solve). An assessment at the end requires pupils to demonstrate that they understand where to use each Word facility appropriately. This style of teaching takes a bit of getting used to and is definitely harder work. The benefits outweigh this though. Good luck! Greg

This assessment was written to be used with my tutorial sheets for Serif DrawPlus (also on TES). The assessments is done in three stages to test Basic, Intermediate and Advanced skills as taught in the tutorials. It is expected that most pupils will achieve section 1 and only a few will be capable of all the required skills. Written to take place during 1, 53 minute period. Please leave feedback.

This unit was written for the Scottish, Computing - National 4/5 - Information Systems Design &; Development Unit. It covers what info systems are, their purpose, the data types they contain and an examination of user interface design. The unit is mainly theory work but has a variety of tasks built in. Send me a message with your e-mail address if you wish the files that accompany the unit. Please give feedback. G Reid