This brief article sketches the contributions made by British mathematician Alan Turing to code breaking in World War II and to general computing science. There is a brief reference to his homosexuality and his resulting treatment and suicide.

This video segment, adapted fromThinking Big, Building Small, demonstrates each part of the engineering design process, which is fundamental to any successful project. Though it does this in the context of building skyscrapers, the process is applicable to any sort of project, including constructing schools, building bridges, and even manufacturing sneakers. Students will recognize the value of going through its steps sequentially when constructing scale models. Recommended for: Grades 3-12