About the Museum:
At The National Museum of Computing, voted one of England's 'Top 100 Irreplaceable Places', the evolution of Computing will unfold before your eyes. Journey from the early electro-mechanical code breaking machines of WWII and the world's first entirely digital semi-programmable computer, discovering how technology evolved from valves and early semiconductors to the modern microprocessors we use today. You will uncover the development of large mainframes, supercomputers and scientific mini-computers, responsible for process control from office-based systems to airspace! Finish by exploring the rise of personal computing, mobile computing and the advent of the internet and smart devices, bringing you up-to-date by examining how this technology has revolutionised the way we now interact with machines and each other. Home to the world's largest collection of working historic computers, our fantastic team of friendly and knowledgeable volunteers are on hand to demonstrate the plethora of operational machines in our unrivalled collection. We look forward to welcoming you!
About This Event:
Programme:*
Prime Numbers and Encryption - This Maths based session provides real-life applications for mathematical concepts (including; Lowest Common Multiples, Venn diagrams and factor trees) in present-day encryption methods.
Algorithmic efficiency - Learners will apply knowledge and understanding to demonstrate there is more than one algorithm to calculate Pi. We will discuss the need for efficiency from a sustainability standpoint as well as an academic one.
Data STEMinism - Explore statistics of Women working in STEM subjects over the last 50 years in this practical workshop. Build skills with spreadsheets, data analysis and data representation.
Data representation - From 5-hole punch tape to Python! Explore how programming languages have progressed over the decades and solve puzzles using them to choose your favourite.
Turing Tumble - Marble powered binary calculators make binary arithmetic visible covering everything from denary/binary conversion, overflow errors and sign bits to two's complement.
*Schedule subject to change
Please advise students to bring their own lunch as this is NOT provided
Timings:
09:30 - 15:30hrs
Location:
The National Museum of Computing Block H, Bletchley Park, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6DS.
IMPORTANT: Terms and Conditions
Spaces are limited. The capacity for this event is 120 students.
The content of this Digital Future Day is targeted towards students aged between 11-16 years.
Schools must give 2 months notice if they will not be attending; this will enable their places to be offered to another school on the Waiting List. Failure to do so will incur a charge of £160.00.
