Jo's Interactive Notes

This is the first lesson in my Introduction to Python Programming unit of work. It covers what a computer is, what an algorithm is and why they need to be written carefully. Each lesson in the unit also comes with a short quiz which can be used to assess progress and also to introduce an element of competition to the lessons. Resources included: > Lesson plan > Lesson PowerPoint > Worksheets These are all ready to go with minimal preparation, or can be edited to suit the needs of yo

This task is designed to practice budgeting skills, and could be used in Stage 3 or Stage 5 with classes following the life skills curriculum. There are two options for the tasks, page 6 is a general version, and page 7 is an alternative that could be used at the end of Year 6 when discussing starting high school. Students will need to be provided with either store catalogues which feature the items required (I use the Officeworks back to school catalogue), or access to the internet to get pri

This is a video of an animation which can be used to explain how a simplified bubble sort works. I use this to show my students before looking at the algorithm, to get them thinking about how it works, I then ask them to check their predictions from the animation against the actual algorithm. Having an animation which shows this process in detail has been extremely useful for my students in understanding the algorithm better. I tried to find something similar on YouTube before deciding to make

This activity can be done following teaching about penguins, or for older or more able students, it could be completed as a research activity or web quest. For a web quest, the students should be provided with links to the websites listed in the pack. The activity could also be extended by asking students to research another type of penguin, and using the additional cover page found on page 30 of this pack. I have provided you with a number of versions of this flip book, which are listed here,