The Year 10 GCSE Computer Science group attended a CS Taster Day at the University of Liverpool on Wednesday, 8th February 2023. They attended a series of workshops to develop their skills in the following areas:

Data to Delivery: Technologies of E-Commerce
Ever wondered what happens behind the colorful buttons of a webshop? In this lesson, students will build a simple, fully functional, and publicly accessible E-commerce site using industry standard services. In passing, they will learn about databases and their importance for E-Commerce applications.

Lego algorithms
Can you escape the bricks in this unplugged computer science activity? The lesson conveys fundamentals of algorithms by traversing through a Lego maze and teaches the difference between a list of instructions and a general algorithm.

Lego EV3 Drives the Warehouse
Robots managing large warehouses are one of the many example where automation helps humans to solve a task faster and cheaper. For this to be effective, robots need to be at least partially autonomous, i.e., able to sense and react to the physical world without (constant) human intervention. In this hands-on lesson, pupils program Lego EV3 robots to follow a line, avoid obstacles, and ultimately navigate a warehouse safely and autonomously.

Ms Hanlon