YEAR 8 YEAR 8 HOMEWORK CHECKLIST www klikmedia

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YEAR 8 HOMEWORK CHECKLIST www. klikmedia. co. uk/hwy 8. html HW 8 A – HTML tags DO P NE L A N HOMEWORK LIONS 1: How could you improve your homework? 8 B – Internet dangers 8 C – Believe what you read 8 D – Computer people 8 E – Social networking & DB 8 F – SQL 8 G – Graphene 8 H – Binary Arithmetic 8 I – Hexadecimal arithmetic 8 J – Phishing HOMEWORK LIONS 2: How could you improve your homework?

YEAR 8 HOMEWORK CHECKLIST www. klikmedia. co. uk/hwy 8. html HW 8 K – Sound as binary DO P NE L A N HOMEWORK LIONS 3: How could you improve your homework? 8 L – Programming structures 8 M – Amount of bits 8 N – Computer hardware 8 O – Why hex 8 P – Errors in programming 8 Q – Procedures & functions 8 R – Documenting programs 8 S – 8 T – HOMEWORK LIONS 4: How could you improve your homework?

Year 8 A WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 A HTML TAGS • Research 3 different HTML tags that do something cool on a webpage. A 8 P 8 • WRITE DOWN the code and EXPLAIN what each one does. 8 A

Year 8 B WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 B INTERNET DANGERS • Research on the Internet 4 different dangers of the Internet. NAME them on a piece of paper. • For each danger EXPLAIN what it does and why it is a danger. • For each danger EXPLAIN at least one way to protect yourself. 8 B

Year 8 C WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 C BELIEVING WHAT YOU READ/SEE • Name 3 clues on a website that may tell you that the information may NOT be accurate or correct. 8 C • Name techniques used to alter images you see on the Internet and why people do it.

Year 8 D WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 D FAMOUS COMPUTER PEOPLE • • Steve Wozniak Mark Zukerberg Chad Hurley Jack Dorsey Bill Gates What they invented Where did they come from How much money are they worth? 8 D

Year 8 E WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 E SOCIAL NETWORKING & DATABASES • DIAMOND: RESEARCH and EXPLAIN what is SOCIAL NETWORKING? • DIAMOND: EXPLAIN how a social networking site uses a database. • DIAMOND: How would a social networking site use an SQL statement? 8 E • PLATINUM: EXPLAIN how does Facebook make so much money even though it is free?

Year 8 F WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 F SIMPLE QUERY LANGUAGE (SQL) • DIAMOND: RESEARCH and EXPLAIN what SQL is? • DIAMOND: Give an example of an SQL command. • DIAMOND: What does the SQL command “SELECT * FROM” do? 8 F

Year 8 G WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 G AMAZING GRAPHENE • DIAMOND: What is graphene? – An atom thick layer of graphite 8 G • DIAMOND: What are the advantages of Graphene? – Stores electricity very well – Very, very strong • DIAMOND: How could it help with tech gadgets? – Phone batteries, cars, planes, phone and tv screens

Year 8 H WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 H BINARY ARITHMETIC • DIAMOND: What is 198 in binary? • DIAMOND: What is 1101 + 1011 in binary? • DIAMOND: What is -123 in binary? 8 H

Year 8 I WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 I HEXIDECIMAL ARITHMETIC • DIAMOND: What is 198 in HEX? • DIAMOND: What is AA + BB in HEX? • DIAMOND: What is -123 in HEX? 8 I

Year 8 J WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 J PHISHING • DIAMOND: What is PHISHING? • DIAMOND: Give an example of phishing? • DIAMOND: What measures can you take to avoid becoming a victim of phishing? 8 J

Year 8 K WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 K SOUND AS DATA • DIAMOND: What is the difference between an analogue and digital signal • DIAMOND: What is SAMPLING? • DIAMOND: What does SAMPLE RATE mean? 8 K

Year 8 L WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 L: Programming structures • DIAMOND: In programming, what is iteration? • DIAMOND: In programming, what is a variable? • DIAMOND: In programming what is selection? 8 L

Year 8 M WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 M AMOUT OF BITS • DIAMOND: What is the biggest number an 8 bit system (NES) could handle? How many colours did the NES have? • DIAMOND: What is the biggest number a 16 bit system (Megadrive) could handle? How many colours did the Megadrive have? • DIAMOND: What is the biggest number an 32 bit system (playstation) could handle? How many colours did the playstation have? 8 M

Year 8 N WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 N COMPUTER HARDWARE • Research what the following pieces of hardware do inside a computer. • DIAMOND: Modem? • DIAMOND: GPU? • DIAMOND: CPU • PLATINUM: Explain 2 other pieces of hardware 8 N

Year 8 O WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 O Why use Hexadecimal • DIAMOND: Research and explain in your own words why computers use hexadecimal. • DIAMOND: What is the hexadecimal code for the colour WHITE in a computer • PLATINUM: Explain why WHITE has that code. 8 O

Year 8 P WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 P Errors in programming • DIAMOND: In your own words explain a LOGIC ERROR while programming. • DIAMOND: In your own words explain a SYNTAX ERROR while programming. • PLATINUM: What is destructive testing? 8 P

Year 8 Q WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 Q Procedures and functions • DIAMOND: What is the advantage of using procedures/functions while programming. • DIAMOND: What is the difference between a procedure and a function? • PLATINUM: What is a PARAMETER? 8 Q

Year 8 R WRITTEN NEATLY ON PAPER • TITLE: 8 R Documenting programming • DIAMOND: In your own words explain why it is important to document your coding • DIAMOND: Why is it important to use meaningful names for variables, functions etc? • PLATINUM: How do you COMMENT in Python? 8 R