KS3 Logic Gates and Boolean: Year 8 Computing Unit (5 Lessons)

AND, OR and NOT as truth tables and circuits, then back into Python conditions.

5 complete 55-minute lessons for Year 8, ready to teach.

The lessons

1. True and false in everyday decisions.
2. AND, OR and NOT, with truth tables.
3. Combining gates into circuits.
4. From a logic expression to a circuit (assessed).
5. Boolean operators in Python conditions.

What is included for every lesson

• A PowerPoint deck of 26 to 33 slides with speaker notes on every slide and click animations for reveals
• A 55-minute lesson plan with timings
• A printable worksheet
• An answer sheet

How it is taught

• A Do Now at the start of every lesson, to bring back earlier learning
• Hinge questions to check understanding before pupils move on
• Worked examples (I do, we do, you do), then pupil practice
• Unplugged games and mini-whiteboard activities. Each lesson mixes unplugged activities with hands-on work.
• Real photos and clear diagrams, with the photo credit on each deck
• A short exit ticket and a summary slide

Lesson 4 is an assessed circuit and truth-table task.

Slides are editable PowerPoint (.pptx). Each lesson plan fills a full 55-minute lesson, minute by minute.

British English throughout. Part of a complete KS3 Computer Science course for Years 7 to 9.