Looking for some Computer Science tasks to tie into Halloween?
We’ve got resources that you can plug right into your lessons covering a number of different topics that will inject some seasonal fun into your lessons.
Browse our free resources below and see if any of them float your boooooooooat. (I’ll get my coat …)
Cauldron Calculations
Studying binary or hexadecimal? Help the witch to figure out how much of each item they need to add to the cauldron.
Links
Skills
Convert 4 bit binary to denary numbers
Convert 8 bit binary to denary numbers
Convert 8 bit binary to denary numbers (a second quiz)
Convert 2 digit hexadecimal to denary
Convert 2 digit hexadecimal to denary (a second quiz)
Pumpkin pixel drawing with co-ordinates
A multi-use task that can be used to explain and reinforce colour depth, bitmap images, co-ordinates in maths, grid references in geography or arrays in computer science.
Students use co-ordinates to create a pixel drawing of a pumpkin
Halloween code adventure game
Using the template to start you off, construct a Halloween based adventure game in code.
Use sub routines, selection and a whole host of other programming constructs to create an adventure game in Python.
