Lift-the-Flap Computers and Coding

An entertaining, easy-to-follow introduction for complete beginners Lift the flaps to reveal what’s inside a computer, how chips work and what really happens when you go on the internet, explained with the help of friendly robots. Fun puzzles and a treasure hunt game illustrate the basics of coding, from simple commands to repeating sets of instructions, with real examples in the coding language Scratch. Computer coding is a compulsory topic on the UK National Curriculum for primary schools, and children learn to create and debug simple programs at Key Stage 1. Chapters in this book include: What’s a computer? What is coding? What’s inside? How computers think Giving instructions Computer language Creating better code Using the internet History of computers