Professional Learning And Networking for Computing
National 5 CS
Activity Summary This is a collection of code reading exercises written in Visual Basic. There is a group of printable pupil booklets containing exercises to develop the following skills: code identification code description code explaining debugging tracing answering explaining code exam questions in SQA reference language The...
Activity Summary This is a collection of code reading exercises written in Livecode. There is a group of printable pupil booklets containing exercises to develop the following skills: code identification code description code explaining debugging tracing Suggested Time Required Two to three exercises could be covered in...
Activity Summary This is a series of practical tasks that focus on the relational database content of the N5 Computing Science course. All of the practical work is completed in MS Access. However, with a updated Help sheet (the current resource is based on VB...
Activity Summary A series of exercises written in reference language covering the requirements at National 5. Solutions to exercises are given Suggested Time Required Activity would be used throughout the SDD section of the course. Alternatively the exercises could be used for revision/self-study purposes Resources Click...
Activity Summary This activity allows students to gain an understanding of how SQL queries are executed. This is an introductory lesson that requires the teacher to demonstrate and explain that underlying all database queries is SQL code. The focus of the lesson is to introduce...
Activity Summary The activity leads on from National 5 SDD and covers the knowledge and methods for using subprograms in True Basic Suggested Time Required Approximately 10 hours Resources Presentation and pupil workbook are available for download here Follow Up Activities Pupils would have the tools to...
Activity Summary Higher/ National 5 pupil exercises providing worked examples for a variety of Data Representation calculations including the uncompressed files sizes of images with dimensions in pixels and inches sound with multiple channels video Suggested Time Required 10 minutes to study each worked example...
Summary of Technique This technique is designed to challenge pupils’ understanding of modular programming, and develop understanding of how data flows in and out of program modules. It is imperative that pupils know the difference between the internal data flow and external data input/output of the program....
Activity Summary This is a set of slides for presenting to a class with TrueBASIC questions. The questions work well when used with Peer Instruction. The TrueBASIC content covers National 5 level concepts for programming. Suggested Number of Lessons Spread over a unit of learning TrueBASIC. Resources TB PIQs—PLAN...
Activity Summary National 5 Pupil Revision Notes covering the programming constructs assignment, selection and repetition. These are linked to worked examples of explaining code questions, written in the SQA Reference Language (also known as ‘Haggis’). Suggested Number of Lessons These will be used throughout the SDD course....
