Educational

Bletchley Park and The National Museum of Computing

During the second world war Bletchley Park was home to the Government Code and Cypher School and played a critical role deciphering encrypted messages. I first visited a several years ago before it was opened to the public, it seamed ...

Young scientists - The Mentos fountain challenge

This is Science and Engineering week - a celebration of science and engineering. When we visited the Big Bang Fair at the NEC we watched the Kaboom! Show and on the way out we were given a leaflet about the ...

Day out at the Big Bang Science Technology Engineering and Maths Fair

The Big Bang Science Fair is an annual event to promote the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and maths) to children. It's a way of encouraging young people to study STEM and consider a STEM related career in future. This ...

Scratch programming - Road safety

I've been looking to create a program with my eight year old daughter since running a Code Club at the end of last year. We've done some little bits in Scratch, but without a specific project I found my daughter ...

What's the youngest age to teach Scratch programming?

Recently I taught programming Scratch to some primary school teachers. One of the questions I was asked was about the youngest age that you could teach Scratch to. It's a difficult question and as with all teaching it depends upon ...

• Review of the Raspberry Pi Fuze - Raspberry Pi based computer with Fuze basic
• Christmas craft with kids - Electronic project with the Raspberry Pi
• Programming with children - Code Club term 1
• Teaching programming to 8 and 9 year olds
• First steps in teaching programming to a 7 year old
• Android tablet suitable for school homework
• Review of Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 - Android Tablet
• Simple electronic circuit for kids - low light sensor