This lesson consists of a presentation on Data Representation, looking at how binary numbers work (and concludes with an exercise in converting binary numbers to denary). Students consider primitive monitors with q bit colour depth, represented characters and other data. before investigating how coloured images are...

This resource consists of 2 A3 Active Learning worksheets which could be used to either introduce and record information about data representation, or as a revision tool. There are plenty of activities across the two pages that would allow students to either recap work they have previously covered or to research...

This resource contains a number of activities and worksheets to support the topic of binary numbers. The content looks first at binary numbers, how they represent denary numbers, converting between the two, binary addition and using two's complement to represent negative numbers and thus perform subtraction. These...

This selection of spreadsheets, designed by the Primary National Strategies to aid teaching and learning, tackles data, graphs, charts, measures and money, in a variety of ways.

Carroll diagram allows either shapes or numbers to be dragged into an either one or two criteria table. The...

The complete resource of Data, Numeracy and ICT Instant Maths Ideas contains all eight subject topics together with appropriate resource materials. The ideas are aimed at teachers of Key Stage Three but could also be appropriate for use with other age groups. Each topic contains a number of questions or activities...

Instant Maths Ideas are aimed at teachers of Key Stage Three but could also be appropriate for use with other age groups. The complete resource contains all eight subject topics together with appropriate resource materials. Each topic has also been included as a separate resource for ease of use. Each topic...

Two topics that support the database topic are covered in this presentation. The emphasis at A level is investigating the technical architecture rather than application. These are two important topics often tricky to find resources for. 

This series of activities is aimed at upper-primary school children and above, and is intended as an introduction to organising and storing data.

Kinaesthetic activities, paper-based and online tasks are used to support teaching of:

*Branching databases

*Fields and records

*Searching...

This report gives details of a series of computing lessons designed to relate fundamental concepts of database use and design to children in Primary and Secondary Education (ages of 6 to 16). The skills and concepts developed in...

When your chocolate company's sales begin to melt away, science comes to the rescue with datalogging! This resource has been provided by the Association for Science Education (ASE).

Chocolate is a datalogging investigation activity. It is set in the context of helping the McChocs company to make better...

This sample of a teacher guide shows how the Lego NXT programmable brick can be used with compatible sensors as a versatile data logging kit. It contains examples of data logging in the wider world to help students engage with the topic, and guidance for simple investigative activities that link to science,...

Aimed at primary level this resource shows how to incorporate data logging into science lessons. It contains lesson ideas on the topics of sound, habitats, plants and animals in the local environment, light, thermal insulators, separating mixtures, electricity, changing state and sound. The teacher guidance...

This Core Maths resource looks at the recently developed technique of rehydroxylation for dating ceramic objects using an exponential growth model. The resource allows students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of growth and decay, along with logarithms, to a genuine scientific process.

In this Bowland assessment task, students plan a day out for thirty pupils based upon data given. Students are provided with three places from which to choose. Information about the distance from the school and the entrance cost of each activity is given, along with the results of a survey in which each of the...