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Discovery Tours lesson plans and worksheets
Discovery Tours by Ubisoft is an educational version of the popular Assassin's Creed games. In Discovery Tours, the combat elements of the games have been completely removed and the developers have added educational tours which let children explore environments and artifacts from the settings.
There are currently three time periods available to explore: Ancient Egypt (at the time of Cleopatra), Ancient Greece and Anglo Saxon Britain at the time of the Vikings.
All three games offer stunning, immersive experiences which can form the basis of historical enquiry and writing. The Ancient Greek and Egyptian games are possibly the easiest to use, as the Anglo Saxon games follows a more narrative stucture.
Click on the images below to download PDF materials to support use of Discovery Tours in lessons.
'S.M.A.R.T.S. Code' Metacognative posters
The 'S.M.A.R.T.S. Code' is a logical, sequential approach to solving problems across the curriculum. It helps children to see the power in 'metacognition', or 'thinking about their thinking'.
The posters below explain the steps of the 'S.M.A.R.T.S. Code', being: 1) See the problem, 2) Make it bitesize, 3) Are there patterns?, 4) Ready your plan, 5) Try it out, 6), Self assess. This is a manageable and memorable approach that children can use in all areas, from science, to maths, to sport.
Click on any of the three images below to download seven A3 size PDF posters explaining the 'S.M.A.R.T.S. Code' for classroom use!
Computational thinking poster
Computational thinking is a logical, step by step approach to solving problems. It is usually taught as part of computing lessons. Learning to follow this approach helps children become successful, independent problem solvers.
Click on the image below to download an A3 poster that clearly sets out and explains the steps of Computational Thinking for classroom use.
Chess progression of skills
Chess is a great hobby for children to learn. It is also a fantastic way for them to develop their thinking skills, planning and resilience. For this reason, chess is growing in popularity in schools around the world.
This progression of skills guides teachers and children to standards that they can aim for in each year group. This is an ambitious, but achievable progression. Click on the document image to download a PDF copy of a chess progression of skills from Year 2 to Year 6.
Computing pioneers posters
Just as in other fields, it is important to provide children with examples of role models when they are learning computing. This set of posters features images and short biographies of some of the most impactful and inspirational pioneers of computing and is an ideal classroom resource. Click on any of the images below to download the full set.
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