Educational

Running at Code Club at a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU)

In the past I have run a Code Club in a mainstream first / primary school. This involved going into the school at the end of the normal school day and spending 45 minutes to an hour working on Scratch ...

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 ...

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• 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