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A Catalyst article about the use of tiny electronic sensors to monitor the movement of people. As electronic devices get smaller and more powerful, they are finding new uses in monitoring human activity. This article describes a project to develop sensors with uses in medicine, sport and electronic gaming.
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A Catalyst article investigating if mobile phones produce harmful radiation. The short article compares the view points of a concerned parent, protester, scientist, official report and a complacent citizen.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1.
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This edition of the Computing at School newsletter, from a time of extensive curriculum change, includes:
*Arguments for teaching computational thinking
*Introduction to Arduino
*A short article about JavaScript in secondary schools
This edition of the Computing at School newsletter focuses broadly on computing in primary schools, and contains articles covering:
*The new National Curriculum Programme of Study for Computing
*Designing a new computing curriculum in your school; adapting previous curriculum models
*Computing...
A Catalyst article about the work of Damian Murphy a music technologist. Acoustics and sound are examined in addition to the physical modelling and acoustics of buildings and environments, both real and virtual.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2007, Volume 17, Issue 3.
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A Catalyst article about a brilliant new light source under construction in the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside - the Diamond Light Source. Diamond will be a source of synchrotron light. Many of the everyday commodities people take for granted, from chocolate to cosmetics, from revolutionary drugs to surgical...
A Catalyst article about mobile phones. This article looks at the science behind this popular piece of technology, such as the use of radio waves, aerials and cells. The article also explains how mobile phones are able to use short aerials.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2005, Volume 16,...
This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering:
*Coding and computer science
*Code Club and Computing ++
*Tips for teaching programming
*Codecademy
*Teaching encryption with spreadsheets
*Scratch sensorboards (picoboards)
*Robotics...
This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering:
*Increasing the number of girls studying computing
*Inclusion in computing
*Network of Excellence and CAS Hubs
*Learning about programming through knitting
*Programming with GameMaker
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This guide shows how the BrickPi can enable novice programmers to use Scratch to control complex robots and models.
The instructions need to be followed using Scratch on the Raspberry Pi computer. The resulting programs use different input and output devices, including touch and colour sensors and motors....
This edition of the Computing at School newsletter focuses on teaching computing in primary schools, and contains articles covering:
*Pedagogy of computing in primary schools
*National curriculum programme of study
*Game design in the primary classroom
*Primary – secondary transition...
This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering:
*Computing in the national curriculum
*Computational thinking in the classroom
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