(London) Easter holiday workshops at the Royal Institution with Paul Curzon (ages 7-8 & 9-11) – 9 April 2024 | Teaching London Computing: A RESOURCE HUB from CAS LONDON & CS4FN

Paul Curzon at the Royal Institution, entertaining some children with the magic of computer science — Paul Curzon running a workshop at the Royal Institution. Photo credit: Ed Moore

CS4FN‘s Paul Curzon will be back at the Royal Institution in central London as part of the Holiday Workshops series giving two talks about The Magic of Computer Science for children.

Both take place on Tuesday 9th April 2024.

The Magic of Computer Science (ages 7 – 8) – 11am to 1.15pm, £40/32*
The Magic of Computer Science (ages 9 – 11) – 2.15pm to 4.30pm, £40/32*

*financial support may available from The Potential Trust, see the info at the bottom of the registration pages linked above.

About the workshops

In this workshop, Paul Curzon will demonstrate real magic tricks, showing the group how they are done so they can do the tricks themselves.

When you learn to be a magician, it turns out you are also learning the skills needed to be a great computer scientist: computational thinking.

Students will then use the magic to learn the linked basics of computer science. They’ll see what computational thinking is all about and how both magicians and computer scientists rely on it.

About Paul Curzon

Paul Curzon is a Professor of Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London and a National Teaching Fellow. He runs Computer Science for Fun a magazine about the fun side of computing, and has been giving linked Computing Magic Shows for 10 years.

Download our free Magic of Computer Science booklets, Paul has also written a magic book called Conjuring with Computation with Peter McOwan (two free chapters available from the website).

About the Ri’s workshops

Holiday workshops at the Royal Institution give students a hands-on experience of STEM topics (science, technology, engineering, maths) beyond what they learn at school. Working in groups or pairs, students will get hands-on to complete activities, challenges or projects which help them look deeper at the subject they are exploring. These workshops don’t follow the school curriculum but instead show students the many real world uses of STEM topics, expanding their horizons beyond the classroom to see the amazing possibilities science can give you. Sessions are led by experts from across industry and academia who will share with the students their excitement and knowledge of their areas of expertise.