Intro to Makey Makey – Musical Fruit
There are hundreds of things you can do with MaKeyMaKey but the best place to start has to be with something simple and fun.
Makey Makey – Cardboard guitar
In this lesson the class will make musical instruments out of cardboard and tinfoil.
Intro to Makey Makey – Games controller
MakeyMakey allows you to turn anything which conducts a small amount of electricity into a controller for your computer.
KS2: Loops and how they work
A loop is a sequence of instruction that is repeated for a specified number of times or until a particular outcome is reached.
KS1/FP: Finding out about procedures
In a computer program there are often sections of the program that we want to re-use or repeat. Chunks of instructions can be given a name - they are called functions and procedures.
Best apps for teaching programming
Big thanks to teacher Melissa Taylor for her review of her favourite coding apps. We tried them all out and think she is spot on with her comments. We have added ours in italics!
KS1/FP – Using Bee Bots
Bee bot is a small, robust robot designed to for younger children. It is a bullet-proof way of introducing the basics of programming at KS1/FP.
KS2 Understanding Sets, Sorting and Syntax (3)
This final lesson in the series of activities on Understanding Sets, Sorting and Syntax looks at the idea of embedded sets and why they are important in coding ...