General knowledge computer science word spiral starter task.
Use the clues to find keyterms, write them in the spiral, find the circled letters, unscramble to reveal the hidden word!
Keyword starter activity for OCR GCSE Computing - representing data section.
- 2 sided document to print (One side is a wordsearch with clues for the keywords, the second side is a keyword scramble activity)
Binary, Hexadecimal, Pixels,
A Halloween Computer Science Worksheet based on Hardware (Input Devices)
Students need to select the input devices from the list of hardware and place them in the correct place to reveal a hardware keyword.
Students need to find hardware devices and add them to the correct category.
Input Devices
Output Devices
Both Input and Output Devices
Storage
There are also hidden halloween words in the wordsearch
A 25 page booklet of computer science revision - I have printed this as an A5 booklet and given it as an extended homework task.
Topics include:
File Sizes
Representing Data (Binary, Hex, ASCII, UNICODE, Images, Sound)
File Types
Binary & Linear Searching
Bubble Sort
Network Topologies
Software
Hardware
Databases
Protocols
Students use the letters at the top of the page to complete the keywords below. Each letter can be used once.
Can be used to help students think about spelling keywords correctly.
Complete the segments by filling them in with binary numbers. The numbers should complete a number pattern.
Ideal activity for learning binary / a starter activity
A double sided worksheet with logical expressions and spaces for students to practice drawing logic circuits.
Includes basic expressions using AND, OR and NOT as well as more challenging expressions using XOR NOR and NAND
A revision resource I have used with year 11 students that explains sorting and searching algorithms:
Binary
Linear
Bubble
Insertion
Merge
With questions to help students revise these areas.
A booklet of key topic areas -
Students think up potential moral, ethical, social and cultural issues associated with:
Artificial Intelligence
Computers in the workforce
Monitoring Behaviour
Censorship of the Internet
etc.. (Taken from the OCR A Level specification)
Students use the Inputs and Outputs and draw the possible logic gates that could be placed where the ? is.
The 2nd side of the sheet looks at the use of multiple gates.
Binary logic puzzles - Encourage logical problem solving skills.
Starter / Extension task - This PDF document comes with three challenging binary number puzzles with each page containing some practice grids.
A set of three code breaker starter activities on the topics:
INPUT DEVICES
DATABASES
CPU
Encourages students to think about the key terms associated with the topic in question.
I have used this after teaching Binary and Linear searching to a GCSE Computer Science group. It gives the students the opportunity to see a binary and linear search working in Python.
A bundle of revision worksheets covering key areas of the OCR A Level Computer Science 1.2 Software and Software Development section
System Software
Application Software
Utilities Software
Translators
Lexical & Syntax Analysis
Software Development Methodologies
Little Man Computer Branching tasks