This edition of Computer Science for Fun is entitled ‘The Earth Issue’, and features computer science applications that are environmentally friendly or that have helped scientists researching our planet.

The articles include:

• The power efficiency of the human brain vs modern computers

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The cs4fn magazine is a magazine on the fun side of all things to do with computer science. The authors write up computing research in a fun and accessible way that puts across their enthusiasm for the subject. Unplugged computing, computational thinking and practical applications of computers in many areas are...

From mathematical ringtones to distributed computing, this magazine from Queens University of London covers a variety of interesting and fun computer science topics in an easily accessible way. Also included are:

• Optical illusions and the way our brain works

• The history and future of email spam...

2015 is the 200^th anniversary of Ada Lovelace’s birth. Famous as ‘the first programmer’ her vision of computer science was far wider. To celebrate, issue 20 of CS4FN magazine explores her life, her ideas and where modern research has taken some of those ideas. Women’s research is also still at the...

This Triple Crossed activity, from the Centre for Science Education and supported by the Astra Zeneca Teaching Trust, follows on from the Jack the Ripper: Whitechapel 1888 activity. Students consider what the police investigators of 1888 would have been able to discover if...

In this activity from the IET, pupils will make use of the theme, the future of flight, to make a mood lighting circuit that can help passengers to relax whilst inside an aircraft cabin. They will then test their circuit to see if it works.

This activity could be used as a main lesson activity to teach...

In this activity students will learn about what is meant by mains electricity and how it is transported to our...

SMILE Card 1783 is a booklet containing twenty two activities designed for students to practice using a calculator correctly and begins with a test to find out whether students' calculator obeys the rules of BODMAS.

There follows a number of activities in which students use their calculator to complete the...

This practical activity from the Royal Institution provides students with an understanding of the different ways in which proportion can be expressed. Through a mixture of explanation and practical work, students explore how it is possible to give an accurate quantitative description of colours. Students mix...

This design and technology worksheet challenges students to calculate the density, mass and volume of various products. It provides worked examples, examiners top tips and answers to each question. The resource is...

This worksheet explores Ohm’s law. It provides students with an overview of the relationship between pressure, force and area. It also provides a brief explanation of how to calculate a factor of safety.

The questions have worked examples, examiners top tips and answers to each question. The resource is ...

This worksheet challenges students to calculate the area of various shapes, in a design and technology setting. It provides worked examples, examiners top tips and answers to each question. The resource is...

This worksheet challenges students to calculate the cost of various products. It provides worked examples, examiners top tips and answers to each question. The resource is useful for teaching maths content in design and technology, or as a maths activity sheet.