ICT for teachers

Discussion
Is the internetgood or
bad?
List 10 positive and 10 negative uses for the internet.
Examples:It is good to order your shopping onlinein bad
weather,it is not good that instructions on how to make a
bomb can be found online.

Cut out these pictures of TV
shows and match them with the
people who are most likely to
watch them.
Audience
Awareness

Cut out these pictures of TV
shows and match them with the
people who are most likely to
watch them.
Audience Awareness

Luke
Age 3
Liz
Nurse
Age 42
Sarah
Parent
Age 30
Paul
Age 15
Jessica
Age 6
Jake
Age 15
Stephen
Student
Age 18
Jason
Teacher
Age 47
Ian
Age 7
Shannon
Age 13
Evan
Age 8
Emily
Age 9
Bert
Retired
Age 87
Malcolm
Unemployed
Age 52

PRESENTATIONAL DEVICES
Look at these magazine covers. List ALL the
presentational devices that you can see.

PRESENTATIONAL
DEVICES
Look at these two magazine covers. They have
exactly the same writing on both of them.
Which would you buy and why? Give as much
detail as possible.

PRESENTATIONAL
DEVICES
Look at these two
presentations for
Macbeth.
What AUDIENCE
is each
presentation
aimed at?

The Age of
Technology
Imagine you are in an airport. Think
of as many things as you can that use
computers to work.

What is the total number of keys?
Count Up!

SPEAK FOR A MINUTE.
One volunteer come to the front. Other pupils shout
out a ICT word from the current topic. The volunteer
then talks for one minute about that word. If they stop
or pause make a note of their time. The person with
the best time wins.
Example: Key word: Printer: Printers are
available in lots of different makes. They
include Lexmark, Epson and Kodak. You
can get printers that just use black ink or
printers that use colour inks. Colour inks
come in 3 colours: yellow, cyan and
magenta, and from those 3 colours all
other colours can be made.

Blind Draw
Each player thinks of something that runs using a computer.
They have to drawthe item in silence whilst the other players
guess what it is. The first person to guess 5 things right is the
winner. Make the game more difficult by blindfolding the person
drawing.
Items needed: paper and pens.

Which imagewould youuse for an articleabout foot and
mouth disease?Why?
Think of 5 more topics andfind suitable images for
them. Say why you would use eachimage.

Make a poster
about
BULLYIN
G
The poster should show one or more of these topics:
Physical
Bullying
You can use any fonts, images, designs you like, but try to make it look
appealing to the person who you want to see it. For example using graffiti
writing is attractive to someone age 15 but to some age 65 it wouldn’t be.
The poster should be informative as well as looking good. Use any websites or
Emotional
Bullying
Cyber
Bullying
Verbal
Bullying
What to do if you are being bullied.
The poster MUST include:

Make a poster about
CYBER BULLYING.
The poster should show one of these:
All the ways a person can be cyber
bullied.
(nasty emails, text messages,
impersonating others in a chat room
etc)
What action a person should take if
they are being cyber bullied.
(ignore it, tell and adult, call the police)
You can use any fonts, images, designs you like, but try to make it look appealing to the
person who you want to see it. For example using graffiti writing is attractive to someone
age 15 but to some age 65 it wouldn’t be.
The poster should be informative as well as looking good.
Use any websites or books you wish to help you find what information you
could include.

True
or
False
Decide if you think the answer to the
question is true or false. Walk to that
sign. Keep a score chart. The person
with the most correct answers is the
winner.

TRUE
FALSE
True or False NETWORKS
Cut out these labels and put them up on
opposite sides of the room. Read out true or
false questions. Pupils move to the word they
think is right. Give the answer and keep scores.
ALTERNATIVE: To stop pupils from
copying each other you can give them
a True and False sign each and get
them all to hold them up at the same
time in silence.

NETWORKS
True or False
1. Computer hardware that makes a click sound is a printer. (false – it’s a
mouse)
2. A modem is needed connect to the Internet through a phone line. (true)
3. An ID is needed to log on to the computer network. (false – it’s a password)
4. Hackers are people who access networks with permission. (false)
5. The first D in DVD stands for Disc. (False – it’s digital)
6. The C in ICT stands for communicating. (false – it’s communication.)
7. The internet is an example of a very large network. (true)
8. Cables are used to connect computers together in a network. (true)
9. 1 or more computers linked together is called a network (false, it is 2 or
more.)
10. A virus can spread from computer to computer in a network. (true)

4
IN A
ROW
Each player
takes it in
turns putting
one icon onto
the grid. Try
to get 4 of
your icons in a
row to win.
Items needed: 18 icons
for each player.

Use these icons
for the 4 in a row
game. It is a good
idea to print and
laminate them to
use them time and
time again.

Items needed: pens, paper.
What’s The
The answer to a question is one of
these words, what is the question?
Question?
Bold, clipart, image, avi, jpeg, *.*,
camera, byte, binary.

Mini Sudoku•Each row
across must
contain each
picture only
once.
•Each row
down must
contain each
picture once
only.
•Each block
of 4 squares
must contain
each picture
once only.
Use the pictures of
storage devices to
complete these mini
sudoku puzzles.

Mini Sudoku
B C
D A
Follow
these 3
rules to
complete
the grid.
•Each row
across must
contain each
picture only
once.
•Each row
down must
contain each
picture once
only.
•Each block
of 4 squares
must contain
each picture
once only.

Mini Sudoku
C
D
C B
B
•Each row
across must
contain each
picture only
once.
•Each row
down must
contain each
picture once
only.
•Each block
of 4 squares
must contain
each picture
once only.
Follow
these 3
rules to
complete
the grid.

Mini Sudoku
Mini Sudoku
Mini Sudoku
Mini Sudoku
Mini Sudoku
Mini Sudoku

Binary
Bingo
Cut out these cards
and use them to call
out numbers for the
binary bingo boards.
Pupils must get a line
across to win.

0001 0010 1011 0110
1000 1100 0100 1010
1101 0011 free 1001
0111 1110 1111 0101
Binary Bingo

1000 0010 1011 0110
0001 1100 0100 1010
0111 0011 free 1001
1101 1110 1111 0101
Binary Bingo

1101 0010 1011 0110
0111 1100 0100 1010
0001 0011 free 1001
1000 1110 1111 0101
Binary Bingo

0001 0011 1011 0110
1000 1110 0100 1010
1101 0010 free 1001
0111 1100 1111 0101
Binary Bingo

0001 1100 1011 0110
1000 0010 0100 1010
1101 1110 free 1001
0111 0011 1111 0101
Binary Bingo

0001 0010 0100 0110
1000 1100 1011 1010
1101 0011 1111 1001
0111 1110 free 0101
Binary Bingo

0001 0010 1011 1010
1000 1100 0100 0110
1101 0011 free 0101
0111 1110 1111 1001
Binary Bingo

0001 0010 1011 0101
1000 1100 0100 1001
1101 0011 free 1010
0111 1110 1111 0110
Binary Bingo

We would be better off if:
• Banks didn’t exist
• Xbox and play station were
banned
• You could only use
Facebook once a month
State how and why these
ideas might work.
Silly Suggestions

In the Spotlight
A volunteer will be asked five questions.
The rest of the class mark down
whether you agree or disagree.

• If 50% of an amount is $15, how
much was the original amount?
Items needed: excel.
Work out the
answers to these
questions using
Excel. Show your
answer in a small
table and format
it fully.

Say 3 things that you CAN USE EACH
OF THESE FOR...
PowerPoint
Word
Excel
Publisher
Skype
Google earth
Internet
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Yahoo
Paint
Character Map
Control panel

WordLists
1) Storage
2) Formatting
3) Audience
4) Design
5) Searching
6) Input
7) Data
8) Printers
9) Internet
10)Presentational
devices
11)Communicating
12) Security
13)Social media
List all the words you can for each topic
word. The player to get the most words in
the set time is the winner.
ICT

Put your name on your ICT sheet. Put all the dominoes
face down and shuffle them. Each player turn 1 domino
and do that amount of sums for another person. You
can only picktwo players eachtime.The winner is the
first person to get their sheet completed.
(ICT)
Itemsneeded:ICTworksheetsandpackofdominos.

Hereisafullsetofdominoesfor
youtocutandlaminate.

SPELL CHECKER
A spell checker is a great way to check that your
spellings are correct when you are using a computer.
Unfortunately they are not always accurate. This is
because some words can be spelled in different ways.
For instance wood/would, and see/sea.
A spelling checker will find some mistakes like this but
not all of them.
Have a look at this poem. There are so many mistakes
in it but the spell checker thinks it is correct.
Print out the poem and correct all the spellings
yourself.

Eyehalveaspellingchequer
Itcamewithmypeasea
Itplainlymarquesfourmyrevue
Misssteakseyekinknotsea.
Eyestrikeakeyandtypeaword
Andweightfourittwosay
Weathereyeamwrongoarwrite
Itshowsmestraitaweigh.
Assoonasamistacheismaid
Itnosebeeforetwolong
Andeyecanputtheerrorrite
Itsrareleaeverwrong.
Eyehaverunthispoemthrewit
Iamshoreyourpleasedtwono
Itsletterperfectawltheweigh
Mychequertolledmesew.
Readandcorrectthespellings.

You have 2 minutes to name these items beginning with the
letter…..… The person to get the most is the winner.
Kitchen
appliance
Xbox game
Crime
committed
using
technology
Website A phone
Something that
has a sensor on
it
Font name
An icon on a
software
pakage
A printer make
Thoughts and Crosses
Items needed: score chart and pens.

Memory
Test
•Typing
•Searching
•Viewing
•Saving
•Filing
•Hacking
•Formatting
•Printing
•Presenting
•Designing
•Collecting
•Gathering
•Reading
•Storing
•Calculating
•Securing
•Justifying
•Colouring
• Amending
•Scanning
•Inputting
•Combining
•Translating
•Networking
•Chatting
•Listening
•Organising
Look at the following words for 100
seconds. Then without looking,
write down as many as you can
remember. One person count the
seconds out loud but quietly.

In pairs, select one photo and find 5 facts about that place from 5 different websites.
List the facts and which websites you found them from.
TRAVEL FACTS

Laptop or Desktop
Shuffle the Laptop or Desktop cards
well then place the pile face down
on the table. One player has to guess
what picture it is before the other
player turns the top card over. Keep
guessing until they are wrong. The
person who guesses the most right is
the winner.

Memory
Test
•Paper
•Printer
•Scanner
•Camera
•Sensor
•Package
•Temperature
•Controller
•Password
•Network
•Soundcard
•Washing
machine
•ATM
•Barcode
• File
•Field
•Parameter
•Variables
•Cell
•Column
•Data
•Database
•DVD
Look at the following words for 100
seconds. Then without looking,
write down as many as you can
remember. One person count the
seconds out loud but quietly.

Design a Board
Game
The game should be educational. For example it could include question
cards about a particular subject.
The topic can be from any subjects for example, times tables, spellings,
cyber bullying, drug awareness etc.
The design of the board must be relevant to the topic and look
interesting to the person playing the game – consider your audience.
List the rules of the games on a separate page. They should be easy to
follow.
You can research educational games on the internet to help you.
Look at the example on the next few pages.
Make sure the players have everything they need to play the game.
(except for a dice)
Make notes about the design before you start.

Money Matters Game
• This game can be used to help children and young
adults to handle money.
• It can also help with adding, subtracting, doubling
and halving.
• I chose to include the theme of piggy banks
because they were relevant to money and saving or
spending it.
• Piggy banks are something most children have and
as my game is aimed at an audience of children, I
thought they would enjoy the pictures and keep their
attention.
• I chose to use real coins as pictures as children will
not be spending plastic coins or paper fake notes.
• The game is very simple to follow with only a couple
of rules.
• The rules are included to help the players
understand what they need to do. They are simple
instructions, so that children can play the game with

Character cards.
Each player uses one of these character cards to move around
the board.
Instructions:
•Each person pick a character card for your player.
•Pick who goes first. Each person has one go each.
•Roll the dice and move your character the amount of places shown.
•On your record chart, write down the value of the money in the box you have
landed on. On your next turn, add the value of that box also.
•If you land on a box that has a picture of a piggy bank inside it, select a card and
follow the instructions on that card. (Remember to adjust your record chart if
needed)
•When the first person gets to the finish box, the game is complete.
•Add up all the money you have left on your record chart, whether you have got to
the finish square or not.

Double
your
money
Double
your
money
Give half
your
money
away
Loose £10 Find £10
Loose £10 Find £10
Give half
your
money
away

Have
an
extra
turn
Miss a
turn
Move
up a
row
Move
down a
row
Have
an
extra
turn
Miss a
turn
Move
up a
row
Move
down a
row

Record
Chart
Record
Chart
Record
Chart
Record
Chart
You can use these record charts to record your score as
you go along.

• State the aim of your game. What are people
going to learn from it?
• Who is your target audience? (who will be
playing the game)
Review your game:
• Say what you think are it’s good and bad points.
• Why did you choose the design that you did?
• What images did you include and why?
• What would you change about the game if you
was to make it again?
Conclusion

Quick Thinking
One player says an ICT
word out loud. Another
player rolls a dice and
has to say that amount
of sentences about the
random word. Don’t
pause too long else you
will lose.
Example: word = website.
Dice rolled 2. The player
says 2 sentences including
the word website. E.g My
favourite website is
Google. I like websites
where I can search for
things and play games.Items needed: dice

ICON BINGO
•One person turn a card over one at a
time and say the name of the icon on the
card.
•All pupils mark off that icon on their
bingo board, but be careful, each icon is
on the bingo boards twice….which one
would be better to mark off to help you
get a line across.
•The first player to get a line across is the
winner.

Print these cards to use in the icon bingo.

ICON MATCH
Print these
cards for pupils
to match
together to
show their
understanding
of each icon.
Print these cards and lay
them face down on the
table. Each pupil turn
two cards at a time,
trying to find a match
between the icon and it’s
function. If you find a
pair, keep them,
otherwise turn them
back over. The pupil with
the most cards when the
table is clear is the
winner.
Print 2 sets of these
cards. Deal them out
equally between players.
Each player turn one
card at a time and put
them in a central pile. If
the top two cards match,
the player to pick up the
pile the fastest gets to
keep the cards. The
winner is the player to
get all the cards.
1 2 3

Paste
Bold
text
CutUnderline
Copy
Save
Print
Text
box

Search
Add
chart
Text
colour
Word
Art
Centre
align
Spell
checker
Draw
shape
Left
align

SPEED
SEARCH
Print these cards and
laminate them. Give
each pupil card. They
have 2 minutes to
find the answers to
the questions using
the internet. Who
will get the most
right?
1. What is the average yearly
snowfall in Russia?
2. What date did it last snow
in Australia?
3. Between what
temperatures does it
usually snow?
1. What is the average
rainfall in the UK and
Australia?
2. In what country does it
rain the most?
1. What is sun stroke?
2. How can sun stroke be
prevented?
3. What should you do if you
get sun stroke?
1. What causes thunder?
2. How can you tell how far
away thunder and
lightning are?

1. What causes a
rainbow?
2. Does it rain more in
Ireland or Wales each
year?
1. How many tornados are
they yearly in Texas,
USA?
2. How is the size of
tornadoes measured?
1. What causes fog?
2. How many days of fog
is usual per year in
the UK?
1. How many people are
struck by lightning each
year?
2. What happens to a plane
when it is struck by
lightning?
1. What temperature is it
in your home town
today?
2. Which is hotter today –
Sydney, Australia or Las
Vegas, Nevada?
1. What is the fastest wind
ever recorded?
2. How many hurricanes
have there been this year
in the USA?

1. Name 3 designer makes of
sunglasses and how much
they cost.
2. What are the medical
effects of not wearing
sunglasses in the sun?
1. Where can you buy a
bikini today for under
£10?
2. How many people visit
Algarve, Portugal every
year?
1. 3 stores where you can
buy a scarf from today for
under £5.
2. Name 3 types of material
used to make scarves for
the shop Next.
1. How many polar bears
are there estimated to
be in the world.
2. Name 4 other animals
that live in the North
Pole.
1. What is the hottest
temperature ever
recorded?
2. What is the highest factor
of sun lotion you can buy?
1. What is the name of the
hat traditional worn in
Russia?
2. What is the coldest
temperature ever
recorded and where was
it?

Work in pairs. One player must stand with their back to
the wall with their heels touching the wall behind them.
The other player should place the ICT answer cards on
the floor in front of them at different distances.
Listen to the clue read out by the teacher and reach for
the correct picture card on the floor in front of you. You
must keep one foot touching the back wall
at all times. The 2nd person will judge you.
Reach Out.
Items needed: cards with words or pictures of
answers ICT questions.

Use these card templates to print pictures or words on. Shout out clues that give the answers you have put on the cards.
Pupils will reach for the correct card. Remember to cut along the dotted line to make the cards stand up.

SRETTEL
RUOYESOL
Deal the letter cards equally to all players. Then
turn over a topic card. Each player says a word
beginning with one of their letters and put that card
on a central pile. If you can’t think of a word then
you have to pick up the centre pile. The first player
to get rid of all their cards is the winner.
Example: Topic = peripheral. Your letter cards are P, T and L. You say
‘Printer’ and put the P card on the pile.

D
H
C
G
B F
A
I
E
J K
Use these letter and word cards
for the ‘lose your letters game’.

Storage
device
PC
peripheral
Computer
make
Software
Input
device
Hardware
Icon
Computerised
toy
Computer
Game
Output
device
Font
type
Keyfound
ona
keyboard

JUST SAY NO!
YES
REPEATS
NO
All players ask one nominated player questions
and try to trick them into saying yes or no. The
nominated player must not say ‘yes’, ‘no’ or
repeat anything they have already said. Time each
player. The person who lasts the longest is the
winner.
Items needed: stop watch or
clock with a seconds hand.
Example: Do you have an Xbox? Do
you have the game COD? Do you
like it?

Chinese Whisper
Computer Shop
Sit in line. The first person whispers “At
the Computer shop I bought……” into the
ear of the person next to them. Then
whisper to each other down the line adding
an extra item to the shopping list, for
example ‘laptop’, ‘wireless mouse’. The
last person has to say the full sentence out
loud and see if it is correct.
Move around in the line and try again.

The Big Chief
•Handout one card to each person.
•The person who has the BIG CHIEF
card hasto nominate a word, for example
‘font’or ‘format’.
•Every time that word is used throughout the lesson, all
other people must do the instructionswrittenontheir
card.
•If a person missesthe key word they are out.
Items needed: Big Chief Cards.

TheBigChief Say
“Yum!”
Big
Chief
Grin at the
person next
to you.
Tap
yourself on
the head.
Flutter
your
eyes.
Tap your
chin.
Say
“Baa”
Put your
finger on
your nose.
TheBig
Chief
TheBig
Chief
TheBig
Chief
TheBig
Chief
TheBig
Chief
TheBig
Chief
TheBig
Chief
TheBig
Chief
Printandlaminatethesecards(folded
inhalf)touseinthebigchieftask.

Items needed: laminated tongue
twister poems, stop watch or clock
with seconds hand.
Each player take it in turns
to read a tongue twister
poem whilst another person
types it into Word. The
person who can type the
most words with the least
amount of mistakes in 2
minutes is the winner.
TONGUE
TWISTER

See's Saw and Soar's Seesaw
Mr. See owned a saw.
And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.
Now, See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw
Before Soar saw See,
Which made Soar sore.
Had Soar seen See's saw
Before See sawed Soar's seesaw,
See's saw would not have sawed
Soar's seesaw.
So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.
But it was sad to see Soar so sore
just because See's saw sawed
Soar's seesaw.

Ned Nott &
Sam Shott
Ned Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not.
So it is better to be Shott than Nott.
Some say Nott was not shot.
But Shott says he shot Nott.
Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot,
Or Nott was shot.
If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot.
But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott,
Then Shott was shot, not Nott.
However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott, but Nott.

Betty Botter's Better Batter
Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
It would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter,
That would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter,
Better than her bitter butter.
And she baked it in her batter;
And the batter was not bitter.
So it was better Betty Botter,
Bought a bit of better butter.

The Two-Toed Tree-Toad
A tree-toad loved a she-toad
Who lived up in a tree.
He was a two-toed tree-toad,
But a three-toed toad was she.
The two-toed tree-toad tried to win
The three-toed she-toad's heart,
For the two-toed tree-toad loved the ground
That the three-toed tree-toad trod.
But the two-toed tree-toad tried in vain;
He couldn't please her whim.
From her tree-toad bower,
With her three-toed power,
The she-toad vetoed him.

Thinkof somethingthat
you reallydon’tlike
doing.Designa
computerised machine
to do it for you.
Draw a pictureof your
machine.Explain whatit
doesand how.
Horrible Habits

Crimes happen all the time
online. List the crimes you can
think of and how they can be
avoided?

BALANCING
Try to balance one CD image
on the tip of each finger.
You have 2 minutes to do it.
The person with the most
CD’s balanced at the end of
their time wins.
You must work alone.
Items needed: 10 CD’s each.
ACT

Balancing Act
Use these images of CD’s for pupils to balance on their fingers for a fun lesson starter.

Memory Challenge
Study these words for 30 seconds then turn over.

Memory Challenge
What 6 changes are there?

Technology Debate
Split into two groups.
Select a debate topic from the
options given by your teacher.
One group will agree that the
statement is correct and the
other group will argue that the
statement is incorrect.

Children should not be allowed to use
computers until they are 16.
Violence in computer games encourages
people to commit crimes.
Facebook should be banned.
Games for over 18’s should be
available to all ages.
Life would be better if we didn’t use
computers.

Fact Finder
Use the internet to find the
population of each of these
countries.

QUESTIONS
Foods from Afar
Itemsneeded:pens,paper.
1. Peach
2. Mango
3. Papaya
4. Apple
5. Pear
6. Sharon Fruit
7. Plum
8. Orange
9. Blueberries
10. Peanuts
1. Dragon fruit
2. Lychees
3. Lime.
4. Watermelon.
5. Coconut
6. Kiwi
7. Grapes
8. Strawberry
9. Banana
10. Pineapple
Quiz 1 Quiz 2
Guess wherethese fruits were first grown. Give your answers to another person. Find theanswers onlineand mark each
others to see who guessed the most correctly.

Answers
Foods from Afar
Itemsneeded:pens,paper.
1.Dragon(SAmerica,Mexico,Asia)
2.Lychees(China,Taiwan)
3.Lime.(Iraq)
4.Watermelon.(SouthernAfrica)
5.Coconut(India,Australia)
6.Kiwi(China,Japan)
7.Grapes(Georgia)
8.Strawberry(France)
9.Banana(Indonesia)
10.Pineapple(Brazil,Paraguay)
Quiz 1 Quiz 2
1.Peach(China)
2.Mango(Pakistan,Philippines)
3.Papaya(Mexico)
4.Apple(WesternAsia)
5.Pear(England,Switzerland)
6.SharonFruit(Israel,Japan)
7.Plum(Armenia)
8.Orange(China,India)
9.Blueberries(Canada)
10.Peanuts(USA)

Straw Answers
Itemsneeded: Onestraw,paperplate,set of answersperperson.
Your teacher will giveyou a set of words on small pieces of paper. Lay themout in
front of you.
Put a paper plateon the side of the table too.
Listen to the questions calledout. Put the strawon the answer and suckin to lift it
up and put it on the paper plate. Be quickyou only have10 seconds for each one.
The player with the most answers on the plateat the end is the winner.

1. What does the ‘I’ stand for in ICT?
2. What does the ‘C’ stand for in ICT?
3. What does the ‘T’ stand for in ICT?
4. What program could you use to video chat with a
friend in another country?
5. What does ‘W’ stand for in Wi-Fi?
6. What does MB mean?
7. What does KB mean?
8. When you make a presentation who do you aim it at?
9. What technology can you use to transfer files from a
phone to a PC without a wire?
10.What type of file is a podcast?
Straw Answers

Information
Wireless
Communication
Megabytes
The
Audience
Skype
Straw Answers
Technology
Kilobytes
AudioBluetooth
Information
Wireless
Communication
Megabytes
The
Audience
SkypeTechnology
Kilobytes
AudioBluetooth
Cut out these answers for the straw answers activity.

Use these plates if you don’t have any paper plates for the straw answers activity.

Plug CountItems needed: paper and pens.
•How many plugs are currently in
the building?
•Each player should estimate then
count them.
•Write down the name of each
item that has a plug on it.
•The person who’s guess is the
closest is the winner.
•Discussion: which of the items
you listed use a computer to work?

Computer
collage
Cutout
computer
related items
and gluethem
onto abigpiece
of paper to
make a
colourful
collage.

Roll the ping pong ball at the cup skittles
placed within the circles.
Items needed: 10 cups, ping pong ball.

Year
Address
Website
Colour
Quantity
Age
Time
Height
Date
Size
Attach these words to the cup skittles and roll a ball at them. Write down the
words that you knock out of the circles. List as many databases as you can think of
that might have these as a field.
Eg Address might be stored in a database of patients at the doctors or of a
customer booking a flight for their holiday etc. The person with the most
databases is the winner. The more cups you move the easier it will be to find
databases that use these fields.

Eggs
Work in pairs using a different search
engine each. Find 6 different
recipes that contain eggs. Make
this challenge harder by finding
recipes from different countries.

SupermarketSweep
Work in pairs or small groups. Each
group use a website from a different
supermarket and find the prices of the
food items in the chart. Write the price
under each item. Which supermarket is
the cheapest?

Describe your favourite computer game. What do you
have to achieve in the game?
What characters are in it? What is special about each
character?
Design new a computer game.
Describe what the game could be about and the scenes
and the characters.
Draw the characters and list their special features.

It is impossible
to sneeze with
your eyes open.
An earwig is a
kind of judge’s
wig with flaps.
There are
more
sheep than
people in
New
Zealand.
A caterpillar has
more muscles than
a man.
The word ‘school’
means‘ leisure’ in
Greek.
The Panama Canal
connects the
Black Sea with
the Red Sea.Whisky
is made
from
turnips.
Bermuda
has no
rivers.
Turtles
have
teeth.
.
Water makes up
2/3 of our body
weight.
Dogs sweat
through their
paws
The Eiffel Tower is the
world’s tallest building.
Cats spend
2/3 of
their lives
sleeping.
Elephants
sleep
standing up.
People eat
tulips in
Sicily.
Papaya is
a kind of
animal.
Cows have
four
stomachs.
Hell
is in
Norway
Chewing
a stick
will clean
your
teeth.
Dogs have
six toes on
their front
feet.
Venice’s
canals have
traffic lights
on them
Eskimos use
fridges to
stop food
from
freezing.
Aspirin
comes
from
tree
bark.
TRUE /
FALSE
Saudi
Arabia
imports
camels
and
sand
Use the
internet to find
out if these
statements are
true or false.

Items needed: pens, paper, memory cards of words or pictures.
Look at the words or pictures. Try to remember as
many of them as you can.
1. Write a list of the words/pictures shown.
2. Answer questions about the items.
3. Make a slide of your own using images from the internet.
Write questions to test the rest of your class.

1. How many items of clothing and accessories are there? (6)
2. What film is advertised? (Hairspray)
3. What colour is the dress?(red)
4. How many pieces of cutlery are there? (5)
5. What flag is shown? (Wales)
6. There are two pairs of eyes, what colour are they? (blue and
green)
7. What shape is the mirror? (circle or oval)
8. In what direction is the dragon facing? (to the left)

Flags
UNITED KINGDOM
IRELAND
FRANCE SPAIN GERMANY POLAND
ITALYCZECH REPUBLICNETHERLANDSBELGUIM
HUNGARYTURKEYGREECE NORWAY SWEDEN
Draw one of the flags below and colour it in correctly using Paint.

Design a Flag
Have a look at different flags from around the world. Some have stripes on them, some have stars
and some have other pictures. Design a flag for your school and draw it using Paint. You can use this
template as a practice before you use the computer.

Pick Up Pairs
Print 2 sets of these cards and laminate them.
They are numbered the same as a standard pack of cards but the
suits are different…they include household items that use a
computer to work.
Shuffle then deal 6 cards to each player. Put the spare cards in a pile
and turn the top one over.
On each turn you can either pick up the turned over card or the top
card on the spare pile. Then you must put one card back down.
The first person to get 3 pairs is the winner.
Once the game is over, in your group, list as many items that you
can think of in your home that use a computer to work.

WHAT HAS
THE
MONSTER
EATEN?
Items needed: internet access, monster picture.

You aregoing on a camping trip. List
all the things you need to buybefore
you go.Find prices for these items
from different camping oroutdoor
shops online.
Showyour findings in an Excel
spreadsheet. Use a formula to add up
all the prices together.
Camping
Costs

Find 5 things to do inyour
city this month using 5
different websites. List the
exact websiteaddresses
and what you will find on
them

INPUT / OUTPUT !
Items
needed: 2
buckets,
words on
raindrops.
Move as many words from one bucket to the
other bucket as you can in 20 seconds and say
whether they are used for input, output or
both. The person to get the most right in time
is the winner.
List the risks of drinking a drink whilst sitting
next to the computer.

VDU printer camera CD
keyboard mouse scanner Touch screen

Your Details!
List as many companies / organisations
that you can, who you think might have
our address? Eg the bank, the doctor etc.

Shop or Stop?
List the advantages and
disadvantages of shopping
online?
Who has gained from this
development and who has
struggled?

Homophones are words that sound exactly the same but are spelt differently
and have different meanings. Some are recognised by spell checkers, but
others are not.
Here is an example you will have seen a lot:
Right – I am right handed.
Write – I can write neatly.
Match the words that
sound the same but
are spelt different.
wait
floursea
poor flowerweight
see
pour
List 10 homophone sets
and write them in
sentences in Word.
Which ones are
recognised as being spelt
in and out of context?

Txt Msg
Write a text message
to a friend. First
write it using
spellings you would
usually use on your
phone, then write it
how it would appear
in the dictionary.

POTTER
POINTS
Use amazon.co.uk to find the
full name and release date of
all the Harry Potter books so
far.

Take photos of each other each doing ICT lessons and
put them in the frames.
Print the laptop picture
onto card. Cut out the
screen of the laptop to
make a photo frame.Laptop Photo Frame

1. What fields would you have in a database of library
books? (author, book name, price, date of publish, genre
etc.)
2. What fields would you have in a database of
supermarket stock? (food name, weight, size, price,
quantity in stock etc)
3. What fields would you have in a database of the
children in your class? (name, age, date of birth, shoe
size, address etc)
4. What fields would you have in a database of countries?
(name, continent, land size, population, languages etc)
5. What fields would you have in a database of animals?
(name, size, boy or girl, type i.e. reptile, etc)
DATABASE FIELDS

Two players hold a stick or rope tight, whilst other players try
to get under it. You can only have a go if you can name a good
or bad characteristic on a website. After all players have
walked under, lower the rope. Your hands must not touch the
floor or you will be out.
The last person in is the winner. After the game is over fill in
the sheet listing all the good and bad characteristics that
your group discussed.
Website Characteristics

Good Bad
Website
Characteristics
Eg – too much writingEg – font style

Think of 3
words and
their
synonyms.
Synonyms are words that mean the
same or similar. For example: fast,
quick, speedy, brisk. These can be
found using a spell checker in many
programs such as word.

Font
printer
Make a list from A to Z of
computer related words:

USES OF THE
INTERNET
Go round each pupil and click to throw a
dart on the dart board. If the dart lands on
good, then write a good use of the
internet on your chart, if it lands on bad,
write a bad use of the internet on your
chart. The first person to get 8 in each
column is the winner.

20
5
12
9
14118
16
7
19
3 17
2
15
10
6
13
4
18
1
25
50
Good
Good
Bad
BadBad
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
BadBad
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Good
Good
Good
Bad
Bad
Bad

Good Bad
USES OF THE INTERNET LIST
The first person to get 8 in each column is the winner.

Animal Facts
Lookat these animasand the questions. Find
out the answers using eithertheinternetor an
encyclopaedia.Which is faster?
Readyour answers outto the group.

How many rats are
there estimated to
be in the world?
How many species
of penguins are
there?
What is the most
dangerous snake in
the world?
Which animals
hibernate?
How long is the
biggest shark in the
world?
Where do turtles
live and what do
they eat?
List 6 different
types of bears?
What is the
different between
a frog and a toad?

Look at these two different ways
of presenting and animating
the same thing.
Design 4 different front covers
for the same topic.

Advertise a charity
event. Make sure you
include where and
when the event will
take place.
Use images and text
that you think will
attract attention.

Health and Safety
List all the health
and safety issues
you can think of that
you would need to
consider when
working with
computers for
a long time.

• Create a PowerPoint on Natural
Disasters.
• Include 3 or more disasters.
• Minimum of 10 slides.
• Include one standard slide
transition effect for all slides.
NATURAL DISASTERS TASK

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