These resources are offered in addition to the FREE worksheets and access to the video at https://youtu.be/fMFC1SaHeHk.
PPT LOs:
Recall some electrical components, consider how electronics function as a systems, learn about some Input, Process and Output devices and how they’re used in the real world.
Please also see my latest electronic and mechanical project which I designed as a mini project for my year 10 group but could also but suitable as a KS3 rotation:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12496313
Quick activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on Electronic Notation and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun
Quick activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on Electronic keywords and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun
A clear, structured lesson introducing electronic systems and control for GCSE Design & Technology.
Part of the CloudForge Systems & Energy Bundle
This free CloudForge resource helps students understand how systems use inputs, processes and outputs to perform tasks. Students explore sensors, switches, analogue and digital signals, and how microcontrollers make decisions within a system.
The lesson also includes extension content on timers, including monostable and astable devices, helping students understand how systems control timing and repeated actions.
Designed using the CloudForge approach, this lesson reduces cognitive load through clear explanations, dual-coded visuals, and targeted questioning to support both specialists and non-specialist teachers.
Includes a GCSE-style exam question and self-mark activity to reinforce learning.
Fully aligned with Edexcel GCSE Design & Technology, with extension content suitable for AQA and OCR.
This resource includes:
• Inputs, processes and outputs
• Sensors and switches
• Analogue and digital signals
• Microcontrollers and control
• Outputs (light, sound, movement)
• Timers and automatic control (extension)
• Monostable and astable devices (extension)
• Frequency and repeating signals (extension)
• GCSE-style exam question and answers
• Teacher notes and dual-coding guidance
Part of the CloudForge GCSE Design & Technology series, designed to build strong understanding with low cognitive load and high exam relevance.
A fun, no preparation required resource for Design and Technology. These A5 activities make great starters and plenaries as well as a means of checking progress made during a lesson. Once completed they can be stuck into the student's book for future reference. Lots more are available, just click onto my shop.
14 Quick, no preparation needed, activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available and the answers are included. Also useful for checking progress, AfL, during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun.
Quick no preparation needed activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on the Thyristor and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun
Quick no preparation needed activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on the Transistor and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun
Quick no preparation needed activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on PCB Manufacture and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun
Quick no preparation needed activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on Ohms law and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun
Quick no preparation needed activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on the Potential Divider and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun
Quick activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range will soon be available, this one focuses on voltage and current and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun.
Quick activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on common electronic components and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun.
This resource was created for a Year 10 class, who were beginning to learn about electronics, and the basics of electronics. It takes them through the various components and has a worksheet as well.
This is an electronic systems GCSE lesson covering the following, including tasks:
Circuit components
Graphical conventions for communicating ideas
Working with systems
Principles of a control system - input, processes, output
Digital and analogue signals
Designed for IB Design Technology, but useful for GCSE Design Technology Systems and Control, Electronics, A Level Electronics.
Worksheets to revise the basics of electricity. definitions, units, Ohm's law, resistance, resistivity, capacitors, alternating current, power...
This is a 12 slide PowerPoint presentation prepared by an experienced, award winning teacher and former senior examiner to assist in the delivery of the systems approach knowledge as part of the Engineering and/or D&T GCSE 9-1 specifications. It could also be used as a training resource to support colleagues unfamiliar with or new to this area of the specifications.
Included is an overview of what makes a system, examples of input, process, driver and output devices, the use of block diagrams and feedback. Four exam style questions are presented so that students can test their knowledge and understanding.
These worksheets give students a number of hypothetical situations and they are asked to select suitable input, process and output components in order to produce the system.
This activity not only teaches students about designing electronic systems using a system approach, but it also helps students to research different electronic components that they could use.
This activity works well with my electronics information cards, also available from my shop.
Quick no preparation needed activities based around electronic theory for use as lesson starters and plenaries. A wide range are available, this one focuses on Transistor structure and operation and has the answers supplied. Also useful for checking progress during a lesson or part of a lesson and of course having a bit of fun
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