Inspire Computing Year 1 Workbook Answers

Unit 1
Lesson 1
1 Examples: laptop, tablet, interactive whiteboard, desktop computer, camera.
Labels might include the on/off button, speaker, wires, plug, screen, keyboard, mouse,
touchpad
2 Answer will depend on the student’s choice of device for question 1.
3 They are all digital devices apart from the bicycle.
4 They all have microchips.
5 input devices: mouse, keyboard; output devices: monitor/screen, speakers
Extra activity Examples: An input is when we give the microchip instructions to follow. An
output is what the microchip does when it follows the input instructions.

Lesson 2
1 Clockwise: Software, hardware, hardware.
2 Examples: TV, PC monitor/screen, keyboard, speaker, laptop, tablet, phone
3 Student’s own answer
4 Examples: Paint, Word, games, or any other software/applications
5 Examples: Paint – draws pictures, Word – creates documents
6 Examples: pencil, zoom, paint, eraser

Lesson 3
1 computer: things we use at school and at home; whiteboard: things we use at school;
gaming console: things we use at home; TV remote: things we use at school and at home
2 Examples: At home: TV, gaming console, washing machine, microwave, tablet, laptop,
smartphone; At school: whiteboard, desktop computer, printer, tablet, laptop, calculator,
camera

Lesson 4
1 1 Type something using your keyboard, or paint a picture. 2 Click ‘File’ and ‘Save As’. 3
Type a good filename. 4 Click ‘Save’.
2 1 Click ‘File’ and ‘Open’. 2 Find the file that you want. 3 Click ‘Open’.
3 house drawing; Dolphin picture.

Lesson 5
1, 2 and 3 Student’s own answers

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Lesson 6
1 a) Click this tool to draw a rectangle. b) Click this tool if you make a mistake.
2 a) draw a triangle b) shape fill c) undo action

Lesson 7
1 a)

b)

c)

2 Student’s own answers

Lesson 8
1 1 Top middle 2 Bottom left 3 Bottom right 4 Top right 5 Top left 6 Bottom middle
2 Examples:
Same: they both make calls and send messages, they both have a battery
Different: the modern mobile is smaller, lighter, has a colour touch screen, has more
functions, takes photos, the battery lasts longer; the older mobile can only make calls and
send text messages (but no pictures/photos), small screen that just shows text

Lesson 9
1 a) It tells the time. b) It helps us to travel to places. c) We use it to talk to people. d) We
use it to watch a film.
2 Student’s own answer

Lesson 10
1, 2, 3 and 4 All students’ own ideas and thoughts from Lesson 10 presentations.

End-of-unit assessment
1 C, D

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2 input: keyboard, mouse; output: speakers, screen/monitor
3B
4C
5 It tells the time.

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Unit 2
Lesson 1
1 digital device: a device that uses electricity and stores information; single-role device: a
device that can do one job; multi-role device: a device that can do more than one job
2 Examples:
alarm clock: tells the time, wakes you up, plays music
tablet: takes photos, streams films and television shows, plays music, plays games,
accesses the internet, sends emails, creates documents, edits images, records videos
3 microwave: cooks food; single-role device
washing machine: washes clothes; single-role device
desktop computer: creates documents, used for schoolwork, watches films and television
shows, listens to music, edits photos, creates images, sends emails, accesses the internet,
etc.; multi-role device
headphones: listen to music/podcasts; single-role device

Lesson 2
1
frame

in frame

record button

2 The video on the right looks the best.

3 Things you should do: ask someone if you want to record them, record somewhere that is
quiet
Things you should not do: record in a dark place, move the camera up and down a lot
4 Student’s own answer

Lesson 3
1 Take a photograph.
2 Examples: tablet, smartphone, desktop computer, laptop, smart television, games console
3 Examples: tablet, desktop computer, laptop, smart television, interactive whiteboard

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4, 5 and 6 Student’s own answers

Lesson 4
1
camera

on/off button
apps

touchscreen

2 Examples: tablet, laptop, smart TV

3 Multi-role devices can be used as a phone but also as a camera.
You can use a multi-role device to shop online but also watch a video.
I have played games on a multi-role device but I have also used it to listen to music.
A multi-role device can be used to pay for stuff.
4 and 5 Student’s own answers

Lesson 5
1 online world: You are connected to the internet; offline world: The world that you can
see around you. You are not connected to a computer.
2 Examples: read a book, play football, go for a walk, eat a meal with family or friends, arts
and crafts
3

Lesson 6
1 Tell a trusted adult.
2 Examples: mum, dad, teacher, aunts, uncles, grandparents

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3 Examples: don’t reply to a message from someone you don’t know, tell an adult you trust if
you see something that upsets you, don’t show your friends
4 Student’s own answer

Lesson 7
1 stranger
2C
3 Examples: No, because you can’t see her face to face, so you can’t be sure. People can
easily pretend to be someone else online. They can use a photo of someone else and
pretend to be that person.
4 Dijah should not reply, and should tell a trusted adult.
5 Student’s own answer

Lesson 8
1 positive ways: inviting a friend for lunch, sending a picture of a flower; negative ways:
sending a picture of a person without asking, sending a scary video
2 a) No b) Example: It might upset the other person
3 Student’s own answer

Lesson 9
1 Student’s own answer

Lesson 10
1, 2 and 3 Student’s own answers

End-of-unit assessment
1C
2 A, C
3A
4 a) A b) B

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Unit 3
Lesson 1
1, 2 and 3 Student’s own answers

Lesson 2
1 and 2 Answers will vary according to the application used.
3 Student’s own answer

Lesson 3
1 director: This person is the leader of the team. They make sure that everyone knows what
to do; camera person: This person controls the camera. They know how to use the device
very well; animator: This person moves the props and the models to make the stop motion
animation; props manager: This person looks after the props, models and costumes.
2 Examples: toy car, model cat, doll, cuddly toy, action figure
3 and 4 Student’s own answers

Lesson 4
1 Example ideas: a tool, used when creating/editing stop motion animations, lets you see the
last frame, helps you to make sure the camera is in the right place, helps you to see the best
way to move your models
2, 3, 4 and 5 Student’s own answers

Lesson 5
1 1 Walk to the seesaw. 2 Sit on one end of the seesaw. 3 Another person sits at the other
end. 4 Push up from the ground. 5 The other person pushes up from the ground. 6 Get off
when your seat is low to the ground.
2 Student’s own answer

Lesson 6
1 top background: city; middle background: park; bottom background: sea
2 and 3 Student’s own answers

Lesson 7
1 Student’s own answer
2 pipe cleaners, modelling clay, cardboard
3 The one on the right.
The size is better because the model is just the right size for the balloon. It doesn’t look too
big or too small so that we can’t see it properly.

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Lesson 8
1, 2, 3 and 4 Student’s own answers

Lesson 9
1, 2, 3 and 4 Student’s own answers

Lesson 10
1, 2, 3 and 4 Student’s own answers

End-of-unit assessment
1 Stop motion animation is where objects are photographed using lots of frames. This makes
it look like a moving picture.
2 The person who is in charge of the stop motion animation and who makes sure that
everyone knows what they are doing is the director.
3 A, C
4B

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Unit 4
Lesson 1
1B
2 and 3 Student’s own answers

Lesson 2
1

6 5 4

2 3

2 Examples:
Step 1: Get two pieces of bread, some butter, some jam and a knife
Step 2: Put the butter on the bread
Step 3: Put the jam on the bread
Step 4: Put the two pieces of bread together to make a sandwich
Step 5: Cut your sandwich in half
Step 6: Eat your sandwich!
3 The algorithm will not work if the instructions are in the wrong order.

Lesson 3
1, 2, 3 and 4 Student’s own answers

Lesson 4
1 debug: to find and fix an error in an algorithm; bug: an error in an algorithm
2 Steps 4, 5 and 6. Step 6 should go between step 3 and step 4.
3 and 4 Student’s own answers
5 (Changes in bold):
Step 1: Draw a square body.
Step 2: Draw a square head.
Step 3: Add 2 eyes.

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 Step 4: Add 3 legs.
Step 5: Add 1 spike.
Step 6: Add 2 buttons.

Lesson 5
1

forward

backward

quarter turn right

quarter turn left

2 Top right:
quarter turn right
forward

Bottom left:
forward
forward
quarter turn right
forward
forward

Bottom right:
forward
quarter turn left
forward
forward
quarter turn right
forward

3 Example:
forward

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forward
quarter turn left
forward
forward

4 Student’s own answer

Lesson 6
1
forward
forward
forward
quarter turn left
forward
forward

2 Example:
forward
quarter turn right
forward

3 You need to debug algorithms otherwise they won’t work correctly and the instructions
won’t be followed.

Lesson 7
1
Examples:
zoo:
quarter turn right
forward

pyramids:
quarter turn right
forward
quarter turn left
forward
forward
forward

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quarter turn left
forward

theme park:
quarter turn right
forward
quarter turn left
forward
forward
forward
forward

2 a) Yes b) pyramids
3 and 4 Student’s own answers

Lesson 8
1 and 2 Student’s own answers
3 Examples: skip 5 times, do 3 star jumps, step in and out of a hoop

Lesson 9
1 Examples: run, skip, jump, hop, walk, step, squat, bend
2 Student’s own answer

Lesson 10
1, 2, 3 and 4 Student’s own answers

End-of-unit assessment
1C
2 1 Turn the tap on. 2 Wet your hands. 3 Put soap on your hands. 4 Rub your hands
together. 5 Rinse the soap off your hands. 6 Turn off the tap. 7 Dry your hands.
3 Example:
forward
quarter turn left
forward
forward

4 You only need two forward steps at the end, so could remove any one of the three forward
steps after the turn.

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Unit 5
Lesson 1
1 a) They are both messages from Sam to Adam and they say the same thing.
b) The one on the left is tidier, easier to read and quicker to send. The one on the right will
take longer to get to Adam as it will need to be handed to him or posted. It also needs paper
and a pen.
c) The text on the left is easier to read because the letters/words are clearer and evenly
spaced.
2 Examples: software/application, creates documents, edits documents, writes text, writes
letters, makes posters, is typed in to
3 We use a word processor to type and edit text. The keyboard is an input device. The
screen is an output device. If we print our text, the printed paper is an output.

Lesson 2
1 Missing keys = 6, E, P, return/enter, A, G, J, X, B, M, control/ctrl
2 Caps Lock: Press this key to make a capital letter; . (full stop): Press this key to add a full
stop; Backspace: Press this key to delete an error.
3 Caps Lock, Shift
4 Student’s own answer
5

Lesson 3
1 Student’s own answer
2 format: to make text easier to read; edit: to correct errors such as spellings
3

Lesson 4

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1

(Any of the 3 buttons within the circle would be correct for changing font size.)
2 1 Click the mouse. 2 Drag the cursor over the text. 3 Let go of the mouse button.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Student’s own answers

Lesson 5
1
✓

2 Text in bold looks bigger and darker. Text in italics leans to the right so it looks a bit like
handwriting.
3 We use bold and italics to make words stand out, particularly if they are important. They
are often used for titles and for special names or words.
4, 5 and 6 Student’s own answers

Lesson 6
1

2 Student’s own answer

3 Example: Step 1: First, click the mouse. Step 2: Next, drag the cursor over the text you
want to change. Step 3: After that, let go of the mouse button. Step 4: Then, select the bold
or italics button. Step 5: Finally, check that the text has changed as you wanted to.
4 Student’s own answer

Lesson 7
1 What kinds of dinosaurs are there?

• carnivores
• herbivores.

What do these dinosaurs look like?

• two legs
• short arms
• many teeth
• three horns

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2

• theme park
• swimming pool
• museum
• park
• examples: zoo, farm, beach, seaside, cinema

3 and 4 Student’s own answers

Lesson 8
1

2, 3 and 4 Student’s own answers

Lesson 9
1, 2 and 3 Student’s own answers

Lesson 10
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Student’s own answers

End-of-unit assessment
1 word processor: software that lets you add and edit text.
2 Sofia
3 Backspace: press this key to delete or rub out a mistake; Caps Lock: press this key to
use a capital letter
4

5 Edits are: when we change things like spelling, punctuation, words or even the order of
the text; Formatting is: when we make text look better using bold, underlining and size.
6 Examples:

• to make certain words stand out

• to show that a word is important
• to help you read words in a list
• to show which words are headings
• to make it easier to read.

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Unit 6
Lesson 1
1 An algorithm is a set of instructions.
2 Student’s own answer
3 Example: The arrows represent direction words, which are used to tell someone or
something where to move. They show (from left to right): move forward, move backward,
move left, move right, quarter turn right, quarter turn left.
4 Example:
forward
forward
forward
quarter turn right
forward
forward

5 Student’s own answer

Lesson 2
1 hardware: digital devices that we can touch; software: the tools that we use on digital
devices
2
backward

turn right turn left

go forward

3 Student’s own answer

4 Example:
clear
forward
forward
turn right
forward

5 Student’s own answer

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Lesson 3
1 Examples:

✓
✓

2 Student’s own answer

3 The one on the right because it has less obstacles.
4 and 5 Student’s own answers

Lesson 4
1

3 Examples:
a) fd b) rt c) lt d) rt
fd fd fd fd
lt rt lt rt
fd fd fd fd

Lesson 5

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1 Debugging is checking an algorithm for errors and fixing them.
2 Correct algorithm:
X
lt
fd
lt
fd
go

3 Example:
X
fd
fd
rt
fd
fd

4 Example:
X
fd
fd
lt
fd
lt
fd
rt
fd
fd
go

Lesson 6
1 fd 10: move forward 10 steps; fd 20: move forward 20 steps; rt 90: right turn; bk 30: move
backward 30 steps
2 Student’s own answer
3 The turtle should make a square.

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4 For a correct answer, the student needs to have understood that to keep the square shape
the turns remain at 90 and they only change the forward number. For example:
fd 40
rt 90
fd 40
rt 90
fd 40
rt 90
fd 40

Lesson 7
1 left 90 should be right 90

2 Student’s own answer

3
fd 40
lt 90
fd 40
rt 90
fd 40
lt 90
fd 40

4 Example:
fd 40
rt 90
fd 80
rt 90
fd 40
rt 90
fd 80

Lesson 8
1 a square

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2 The shape created is:

Rewritten program:
fd 20
rt 90
fd 60
rt 90
fd 20
rt 90
fd 60

3 Example (any forward number less than 60 is acceptable):

fd 20
rt 120
fd 20
rt 120
fd 20

Lesson 9
1 Draw a large rectangle with pen down, then pen up to move the turtle inside the rectangle,
pen down to draw a smaller rectangle inside the first.
2 First initial:
pen down
fd 120
pen up

Second initial:
pen down
rt 90
fd 60
lt 90
fd 60
lt 90

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fd 60
rt 90
fd 60
rt 90
fd 60
pen up

3 Student’s own answer

Lesson 10
1 a) Example answer:
pen down
bk 50
rt 90
fd 50
lt 90
fd 50
bk 50
rt 90
fd 50
lt 90
fd 50
pen up
b) student own answer
c) Example answer:
pen down
fd 100
bk 50
rt 90
fd 50
rt 90
fd 50
pen up
d) student own answer

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2 and 3 Student’s own answers

End-of-unit assessment
1 Hardware is physical equipment. Software is using apps on a device.
2 fd: forward; bk: backward; rt: right turn; lt: left turn

3
X
fd
fd
lt
fd
go

4 a) lt

b)
X
fd
rt
fd
fd
rt
fd
fd
go

5 in programming, a program is a set of step-by-step instructions. You input it into software.

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