This guide covers 20 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover the most useful and popular operations within the PowerPoint2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using PowerPoint 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL, Functional Skills and other L1/L2 ICT qualifications). The guide covers the basics (opening, closing, create a new presentation, saving printing etc), editing a presentation and using a master slide, formatting slides, slide setup, inserting images, tables and charts.

This 4 page resource covers food web/food chains and explains how it comprises primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and decomposers and detritivores. It also explains the differences between herbivores and carnivores with examples. The activities include drawing a food web and 5 true/false questions and answers are included.

This 8 slide presentation is suitable as a lesson starter for Key Stage 1 learners embarking on a course of study about the science of plants and covers parts of a flowering plant, chlorophyll, photosynthesis and pollination. There is a slide at the end describing reproduction. Each slide is designed as a question which is then answered via the tick boxes at the bottom of the slide and by parts of the plant (petals, leaf, roots), the sun or a bee appearing after an interval. Each slide has teacher notes.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 1 or can be used for early Years maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The resource contains explanations and an activity with examples on how to do it to test the learner's skill and knowledge. The resource has 3 pages and covers 2D and 4D Shapes. This has a wide age range as it covers early years through to Functional Skills

This 11 page resource is an extract from a Functional Skills ICT Level 2 Training Guide and is based on the Using ICT, Plannng Solutions to Complex Tasks By Analysing the Necessary Stages part of the Functional Skills ICT specifications. The resource consists of the theory behind planning complex tasks and the types of planning techniques available, such as schedules, timetables, Gannt charts, heirarchical charts, storyboards, spreadsheets, websites and mind maps. The theory section is followed by activities and multi-choice revision questions. Answers are included. This resource would be useful for a range of programmes which require the learner to understnd planning techniques.

This 30 page worksheet/activity is an extract fom a Functional Skills ICT Level 1 and Level 2 Activity Wrkbook (by te same author) which can be used fo a whole lesson or broken into 3 sessions. The activity comprises clear explanations and examples of formatting, editing and layout and 'how to' Help Sheets with training instructions on how to apply techniques using Office 2010. The resource also contains activities to test knowledge (match makers and multichoice) and 7 practical exercises to test the learner's skill in applying editing, formatting and layout techniques. The resource covers editing and formatting and document layout such as tables, templates, columns.

This 17 page worksheet/activity is an extract from the Functional Skills ICT Level 1 and Level 2 Activity Workbook (by the same author) and is suitable for use as a class activity to cover a whole lesson or broken into two sessions (e.g. Images and Drawing Shapes). The worksheet/activity contains clear explanations of image resolution, resizing, cropping, creating and formatting shapes, ordering, grouping, positioning, wrapping etc and also provides 'how to' Help Sheets in Office 2010. There are activities to test knowledge in the form of matchmaker and multiichoice questions and practical exercises to test skill. Answers to multi-choice questions are included.

This is a handy reference guide for students following a Level 1 Functional Skills ICT course. It covers 28 A4 pages and consists of 'how to' help sheets ro cover the Functional Skills ICT specification at level 1. The guide covers planning and timetabling, managing system settings, data storage, computer security, finding and selecting information, editing, fomatting and layout techniques, graphics, drawing tools, presentations, numerical data, graphs and charts, databases, email, stay safe and respect others, output, checking and evaluation techniques.

This guide covers 3 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover advanced text wrapping techniques in Word 2013 and is presented in 6 steps. The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using text wrapping options in Word 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL Advanced and other L2/L3 ICT qualifications). The guide covers: Quick Text Wrapping Options Using the Ribbon to Wrap Text Positioning Edit Wrapping Points Text Wrapping for Drawn Objects and Charts Text Wrapping and Positioning for Tables

This 2 page resource provides a brief guide to operators: Comparison, Arithmetical and Boolean Operators along with Conditions (True and False) and the principles of BODMAS (wih examples). There are two test questions (comparison operator type and conditions). This worksheet is suitable for learners studying Computer Science at KS2/3.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 3 but can be used for primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 2 page resource contains explanations and examples on how to use division.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 3 but can be used for primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 3 page resource contains explanations and lots of examples to help the learner understand multiplication before attempting the activities (4 tasks with answers).

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 2 & 3 but can be used for Early Years and primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 1 page resource contains explanations and examples on number sequences followed by 6 tasks with answers.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 3 but can be used for primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 4 page resource contains explanations and examples on how to round numbers up and down followed by 4 tasks with answers.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 2 but can be used for primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 2 page resource contains explanations and examples on how to subtract 2 digit numbers followed by 4 tasks with answers.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 2 but can be used for primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 2 page resource contains explanations and examples on how to round numbers up and down followed by 3 tasks with answers.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 3 but can be used for primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 1 page resource contains explanations and examples on how to subtract numbers with decimal places followed by 3 tasks with answers.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 3 but can be used for primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 2 page resource contains explanations and examples on how to use addition with decimal places followed by 3 tasks with answers.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 2 but can be used for Early Years and primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 2 page resource contains explanations and examples on how to find half and double followed by 2 tasks with answers. There is also an explanation on using thirds and quarters.

This activity is part of the Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 3 but can be used for Early Years and primary maths. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learners who struggle with numeracy. The 2 page resource contains explanations and examples on how to add 2 digit numbers followed by 3 tasks with answers.