Students first evaluate existing alarm systems and learn about a burglar’s attitude towards them using a video featuring reformed criminals. They are then briefed to create a working door access and alarm system using a BBC micro:bit and selected input and output components such as LDRs, reed switches, buzzers and...

Reducing energy usage in the home saves money, increases energy security and reduces the need to burn unsustainable fossil fuels. The first step in doing this is monitoring how much energy is...

In this activity SEND pupils will learn to spot and reuse patterns to support their understanding of the Computing curriculum as they develop their computational thinking. Pupils will identify similarities between different houses and use them to create their own house.  

This ebook, by Roger Young, explains computers as electrical circuits consisting of switches and relays (subsequently equated to transistors). It begins with simple circuits showing how, from first principles, switches and relays work. These are then combined in increasingly complex arrangements to simulate logic...

This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering:

*Coding and computer science

*Code Club and Computing ++

*Tips for teaching programming

*Codecademy

*Teaching encryption with spreadsheets

*Scratch sensorboards (picoboards)

*Robotics...

Take a look into the workings of our digital planet! From computer programs and WiFi to hardware and hard drives, this series will take you inside the computer and online world that you use...

Have you ever wondered how to create movie magic, such as hideous monsters or incredible costumes? The secret to creating an amazing movie is just a few STEM Club lessons away. This programme investigates how you can use design and technology to master movie tricks, from creating your own prosthetic mask to...

When taking a road trip today, some sort of GPS device is essential. It...

Learn about how a network works and how this high-tech science has changed your world.

High-Tech Science is a series of four books that look at the revolutionary, cutting-edge science that we rely on to run...

Touch screens have transformed our modern lives, allowing us to control equipment and communicate with each other through smart devices - all at the touch of a button. Discover how touch screens began as scientific...

This resource contains an unplugged activity to model how home networks work. It builds up to increasingly more complex networks, adding in details such as routers, wifi aceess points and the internet along the way. The lesson plan contains links to the Progression Pathways documentation, and differentiation ideas...

This book is part of the Archive Collection which is available to view at the National STEM Learning Centre.

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In this activity, learners will recall and extend their understanding of programmable systems.

A complete unplugged activity for a lesson in how data packets travel across the internet, and how the complete message that they contain is reassembled. The activity also has provision for students to film themselves participating in the process and explaining the stages that everything goes through. There are...