Super-Curriculum

Algorithmic Puzzles by Anany Levitin and Maria Levitin

Develop algorithmic thinking and practise solving puzzles.

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Reading

How Google Works by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg

Explore Google’s hiring and operating processes and how it develops products.

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Reading

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Explore how computer algorithms can be applied to everyday life.

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Reading

Mysteries of the Mind Can Be Solved

Watch Henry Markram’s talk about a brain in a supercomputer.

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Watching

Big Data

Watch Tim Berners-Lee’s TED Talk about the year open data went worldwide.

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Watching

AI at MIT

Watch Patrick Winston’s lecture series on artificial intelligence.

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Watching

CodeWars

Develop your coding skills with challenges ranging from simple to very hard.

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Research

P versus NP Problem

Investigate this unsolved problem: if a solution is easy to check, is the problem easy to solve?

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Research

Quantum Computing

Write an essay about Shor’s algorithm and how quantum computing enables efficient integer factorisation.

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Writing

Spark

Listen to Nora Young explore how technology, innovation, and design affect our lives.

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Listening

Programming Throwdown

Listen to introductions to a wide range of programming topics.

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Student-led

Advanced JavaScript

Use Khan Academy to combine JavaScript and mathematics to simulate nature in your programs.

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Student-led

Project Euler

Try mathematical programming problems to develop problem-solving and computational-thinking skills.

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Student-led

The National Museum of Computing

Plan a visit to the museum at Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes.

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Trip or Visit

MOOCs

Take online courses from leading schools in subjects such as AI, security, and big data. Some may count towards a degree.

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Student-led

Computational Thinking to Solve Problems!

Watch the TED Talk, then brainstorm a problem that could be solved with computer science.

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Watching

Machine Learning

Consider whether AI will affect jobs, why Google is investing in machine learning, and where it may lead.

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Research

Create a Website Using Django

Follow Mr Mulla's guide to create your own version of the IMDb film-review website.

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Creative

Create Your Own CookieClicker in JavaScript

Learn to code by following Mr Mulla’s YouTube guide.

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Research

Computing and Philosophy

Read about the connections between computing and philosophy on the Oxford University project website.

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Reading