Educational Resources

Our Resource Websites

Teaching London Computing Our website of free resources for teachers, with a large focus on unplugged activities including magic, games, puzzles and roleplay.

cs4fn Downloads: A wide range of our free glossy magazine and booklet resources to download.

cs4fn: Website with thousands of articles about interdisciplinary computer science topics for older children and adults.

A bit of cs4fn Website with articles and puzzles about interdisciplinary computer science topics for primary school children.

Apps and other Educational Technology

Sodarace: the online olympics pitting human creativity against machine learning in a competition to design robots that race each other

Tunetrace: photograph real drawings to make music

cs4fn Magazine (Computer Science for Fun)

Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2014) “Machines that are creative”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 18, November, ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P., Brodie, J., Myketiak, C. and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2014) “Machines, making medicine safer”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 17, March, ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P. , Black, J. and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2013) “Clean up your language”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 16, November, ISSN 1754-3657

Black, J., Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2013) “Does your computer understand you?”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 15, ISSN 1754-3657

Black, J., Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2012) “Alan Turing”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 14, April, ISSN 1754-3657

Black, J., Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2011) “Faces”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 13, ISSN 1754-3657

Black, J., Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2010) “Computing on the catwalk!”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 12, ISSN 1754-3657

Black, J., Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2010) “Computer animation proudly presents…”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 11.

Black, J., Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2009) “Computing goes mobile”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 10, ISSN 1754-3657

Black, J., Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2009) “Programmed to save the world”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun”, Issue 9, Queen Mary, ISSN 1754-3657

Black, J., Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2008) “Computer Science in Space”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 8, ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2008) “Computer Science and the Image”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 7, ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2007) “Computer Science Everywhere, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 6, ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2007) “The Perception Deception”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 5, ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2006) “Computer Science and Biolife”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 4, ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2006) “Computer Science and Entertainment”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 3, ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2005) “Magic of Computer Science”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 2,. ISSN 1754-3657

Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W.(Eds.) (2005) cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun, Issue 1.

Audio! Magazine (Audio Engineering for Fun)

Curzon, P. Black, J. (Ed) (2013) ”Audio!”, Issue 4

Curzon, P. & Dixon, S. (Eds) (2010) ”Audio!”, Issue 3.

Curzon, P. & Dixon, S. (Eds) (2010) ”Audio!”, Issue 2.

Curzon, P. (Ed) (2008) ”Audio!”, Issue 1.

ee4fn Magazine (Electronic Engineering for Fun)

Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2012) ”EE4FN”, Issue 2.

Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2011) ”EE4FN”, Issue 1.

cs4fn / Teaching London Computing Specials

Curzon, P. (2014) “Computational Thinking: Searching to Speak”, cs4fn / Teaching London Computing, Queen Mary, University of London.

Black, J., Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2013) “Biology loves technology”, Queen Mary, University of London.

Curzon, P., Black, J., Myketiak, C., McOwan, P.W. & Shoop, K. (Eds.) (2010) “The Women are here”, cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun Annual, 2, Queen Mary, University of London.

Black, J., Curzon, P. and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2009) “cs4fn Magic of Computer Science: The teleporting Robot”, Queen Mary, University of London. Also translated into Italian.

P.W. McOwan, Curzon, P.   & Black, J. (2009) “The Magic of Computer Science II Now we have your attention”, Queen Mary, University of London. Also translated into Italian.

Curzon, P. , McOwan. P.W.& Black, J. (2008) “Artificial Intelligence…but where is the intelligence?”, Queen Mary, University of London.

McOwan. P.W.& Curzon, P. (2008) “The Magic of Computer Science”, Queen Mary, University of London. Also translated into Welsh and German.

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W. (Eds.) (2007) “cs4fn: Computer Science for Fun Annual”, Issue 1, Queen Mary, University of London. ISSN 1756-186

cs4fn / Teaching London Computing Activity Sheets for Teachers (include…)

Curzon, P. (2014) The Locked In Activity

Curzon, P.  (2014) The 20 Questions Activity

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W. (2014) Magic: The Australian Magician’s Dream Activity

Curzon, P. (2014) The Punch Card Searching Activity

Curzon, P. (2014) The Intelligent Piece of Paper Activity

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W. (2014) The Invisible Palming Activity

Curzon, P. (2014) The Swap Puzzle Activity

Curzon, P. (2014) The Box Variable Activity

Curzon, P. (2014) The Assignment Dry Run Activity

Curzon, P. (2014) The Imp Computer Activity

Curzon, P. and Cutts Q (2014) The Create-A-Face Activity

Curzon, P.  (2014) The Spit-Not-So Activity

Curzon, P.   and McOwan. P.W. (2014) Magic: The Four Aces Activity

Curzon, P.  and McOwan. P.W.  (2014) Magic: The Teleporting Robot Activity

Curzon, P.  and Furniss, D.(2014) The Microwave Racing Video Activity