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Tis the season, so why not inject some Christmas fun into Computer Science? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve built up a sleigh full of resources that you can plug right into your lessons covering a number of different topics that will put some seasonal cheer into your lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browse our free Christmas themed resources below and see if any of them ring your sleigh bells (sorry).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Christmas Sabotage!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A rogue faction of Elves, a strange note slid under Santa’s door and the fate of Christmas resting on your shoulders, what will happen in this evolving Christmas mystery story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas Sabotage<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Use your computer science skills to solve the weekly puzzles and save Christmas from sabotage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Christmas Calculations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Studying binary or hexadecimal conversions? Help Santa figure out how many parts he needs to order to make the toys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas calculations – 4 bit binary to denary<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Convert 4 bit binary to denary numbers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas calculations – 8 bit binary to denary<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Convert 8 bit binary to denary numbers – 10 questions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas calculations – 8 bit binary to denary – part 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Convert bit binary to denary numbers – another 10 questions <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas calculations – 2 digit hexadecimal to denary<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Convert 2 digit hexadecimal to denary – 10 questions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas calculations – 2 digit hexadecimal to denary – part 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Convert 2 digit hexadecimal to denary – another 10 questions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas coding challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have a go at programming Santa’s naughty and nice list checker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Santa’s Naughty and nice list checker<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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You’ll use lists, variables and inputs to create a program for Santa that checks names on a naughty list. On the challenge part you will be saving this list to a file.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Christmas pixel drawing with co-ordinates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christmas pixel drawing with co-ordinates<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Students use the given co-ordinates to create a pixel drawing of a Christmas tree<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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