Captivating computing projects

Engaging projects and multi-lesson activities to consolidate key computing skills

Tes Resources Team

Captivating computing projects

Hand-picked lesson activities and projects to keep computing students focused and engaged

Project-based work is guaranteed to keep pupils focused, invigorated and motivated. If you are beginning to think of ways to engage your computing students - or even looking for fresh ways to help them consolidate their knowledge and skills in independent study  - we've got you covered. From projects to multi-lesson activities, we've selected a range of creative resources to help inspire independent thought and critical thinking while practising key computer skills.

Creative Python Projects for Grade 9
adolpho_baldini

Creative Python Projects for Grade 9

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This ready-to-use pack includes 10 engaging programming projects designed specifically for Grade 9 students learning Python. Perfect for coding clubs, ICT lessons, enrichment tasks, or homework assignments!
Digital Security Mini-Project
Digital Citizen

Digital Security Mini-Project

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Students are given a business based scenario that highlights many different data security risks. From the information, they have to identify the risks and come up with a plan of action for how to deal with them. They then create a presentation for the staff of the company.
Python Projects
CrimsonWizard

Python Projects

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Python Programming Projects offer hands-on experience, which helps students retain their programming skills in key areas, such as using data structures, using decomposition, and importing libraries. Furthermore, projects like these encourage creativity and innovation as new ways of thinking will be ...
GCSE Battleships programming project
Steve Hawes

GCSE Battleships programming project

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This is a programming project that I have used over 3 lessons with my mixed ability Year 10 class. Included is a PowerPoint with the main programming challenges, and the full code for demonstrating the game before the students make it (Visual Basic). Each challenge should be discussed before th...
Stellar Spreadsheets Project
PROJECT_science

Stellar Spreadsheets Project

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A space themed spreadsheet project using Microsoft Excel . The booklet contains review activities as well as more challenging activities. Students build a spreadsheet model which contains the following functions: 1. Concatenate Function 2. IF (OR) function 3. SUMIF function 4. COUNTIF functio...
Computational Thinking: Create an Interactive Story
RobbotResources

Computational Thinking: Create an Interactive Story

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This unit of work introduces students (I use this with year 7) to the concepts of computational thinking and logical thinking. It is split into three fully differentiated sections: 1\. Design an interactive story using a flowchart to identify the key decision points within your story. 2\. Cre...