This activity assists teachers and students who are new to coding to get started with block coding or programming. Students can create simple code, choosing a digital sprite/character and using block instructions to make it move.

Bill Nye the Science Guy has downloaded the “Computers” episode into his Random Access Memory.

Link to video: https://www.schooltube.com/media/1_en0xw8er

This article introduces and explains the concept of algorithms in a simple and engaging way. It supports understanding of this abstract concept by providing concrete examples from everyday life, mathematics, and computer programming.

Students at Fernridge School have created a digital light display for Matariki using Raspberry Pi computers. This article shows how the students created the light display, providing a real-life context for exploring how computers work.

Siali is selected to trial a new augmented reality device called SquareEye. While the trial starts off fun, he slowly starts to notice that SquareEye is affecting his experiences in ways he doesn’t necessarily consent to. This story, set in the not-so-distant future, explores how digital technologies can alter our experiences without us knowing.

This article describes the process undertaken by three students from Feilding’s Manchester Street School as they designed and built a robot that won the New Zealand VEX IQ Challenge. The article offers an authentic way of introducing students to programming and computational thinking, as well as physics and engineering concepts related to energy, weight, and balance.

In January 2018, New Zealand became one of only eleven countries that have successfully built and launched a rocket capable of sending satellites into space. This interview with Rocket Lab Avionics Manager Naomi Altman explains the science and technology behind that incredible achievement.

Try a fun robot building project. Make a robot from household parts or take it a step further with real robotic equipment and challenges.

This book explores the phenomenon of sound created by acoustic music, but confident teachers may wish to extend the topic through, for example, electronic music, computer-generated sounds, "white noise", human speech, or sounds of nature.