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Wall Wisher instructions
Wall Wisher
Blocky Apps
An hour of code
Bletchley Park Project
Starter:
- What happened at Bletchley park?
- Where is it?
- When was Bletchley park used?
- Why was it used?
- What was Colossus?
Main:
Create an information booklet about Bletchley Park.
Your target audience is GCSE Computer Science students who are visiting the park.
You must include:
- An introduction about Bletchley Park.
- Where is it?
- Is it a house or estate?
- An image of the house
- An overview of how it was used during WW2
- Who were based there?
- What were they doing?
- Why were they needed?
- Information about Colossus
- The spec of the machine
- What could it do?
- How did i assist the Allies?
- What would have happened without it?
- An image of the machine
- Actual people who were stationed there
- Find 2 people who were stationed at Bletchley Park
- At least 1 man and 1 woman
- Tell their story
Plenary
Write a blog post about what could have happened if Colossus had not been built.
Why was it so significant?
Computing Careers
LO: To develop our knowledge of computing careers.
Starter:
We have the opportunity for 18 pupils to visit Eastleigh College for a day in March to experience Computer Science in Higher Education.
Have a quick look at the courses they offer for Computer Science and Computing.
Main:
Create a document/presentation/flyer that informs other pupils of the courses available to them and the careers they could lead on to.
It must include:
- The names of courses, where they are and a brief explanation.
- The courses must be from at least 4 colleges local to Wildern.
- At least 5 different careers in different industries.
- Relevant images.
- Details of where students can get more information.
Plenary:
Email me your work from today and your Scratch annotations for colour printing.
What have you discovered today?
