A revision worksheet for pupils studying GCSE and A Level Computer Science. It covers the purpose of an operating system, asks pupils to identify typical features of an operating system, and asks them to state the purpose of a GUI and CLI. Learning Objective To understand the purpose of an operating system and why it is essential for a computer to operate.

This is a worksheet which can be used by students to revise how images are represented by a computer, using binary. There are also additional activities which focus on colour depth and the differences between lossy and lossless compression. Learning Objectives 1) To understand how a combination of pixels can be used to represent an image. 2) To be able to explain key technical terms (such as colour depth, metadata, and resolution) in relation to representing images using binary.

A revision worksheet for those students preparing for their GCSE Computer Science exam. The sheet presents a series of activities which focus on the AND, OR, and NOT gates. Also suitable for A-Level students. Learning Objectives 1) To be able to describe how data is stored within a computer in binary form. 2) To be able to produce truth tables for the following logic gates: NOT/AND/OR

A PowerPoint presentation which can be used by the teacher to demonstrate how sound can be represented at KS3 or KS4. Learning Objectives 1) To understand how a sound can be represented on a computer. 2) To understand how sound can be converted into a suitable format for a computer. A worksheet is also include so students can do some additional research around the representation of sound.

A PowerPoint presentation which can be used by the teacher to teach the different character sets at KS3 or KS4. Learning Objectives 1) To understand how to convert binary into a characters, using both ASCII and UNICODE. 2) To understand the purpose of a character set within a computer.

A revision worksheet for those students preparing for their GCSE Computer Science exam. They follow SQL statements to determine which football teams would appear in the results (suitable for those studying A Level as well). On the reverse side they must research a series of database related keywords and complete some activities. Learning Objectives 1) To have a better understanding of the purpose of a database and to be able to explain some of the related key terms. 2) To be able to use SQL effectively within a database to locate specific data.

A PowerPoint presentation which can be used by the teacher to demonstrate the different units of storage at KS3 or KS4. Learning Objective 1) To understand how data is measured and why this is important.

A PowerPoint presentation which can be used by the teacher to demonstrate how to represent images in Binary at KS3 or KS4. Learning Objectives 1) To understand how a combination of pixels can be used to represent an image. 2) To be able to explain key technical terms (such as colour depth, metadata, and resolution) in relation to representing images using binary. A separate worksheet is included so students can search the purpose of metadata.

A revision worksheet for those students preparing for their GCSE Computer Science exam. They are asked a series of questions that focus on optical, magnetic, and solid state storage devices. One task requires that they label the different components of a hard drive. Also suitable for A-Level students. Learning Objectives 1) To understand the purpose of secondary storage and to be able to identify examples of such devices. 2) To be able to identify the advantages and disadvantages of magnetic, solid state, and optical storage devices.

A two page worksheet which focuses on the CPU, Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle, and Memory (RAM and ROM). Activities include labelling the different stages of the FDE cycle and comparing the similarities/differences between a games console and desktop computer. An ideal worksheet for those studying GCSE or A Level Computer Science. Learning Objectives 1) To understand the purpose of the central processing unit and be able to explain how it functions. 2) To identify factors that would affect the performance of the CPU. 3) To be able to describe the differences between different types of main memory and their purpose within a computer system. 4) To understand the purpose of virtual memory within a computer.

A PowerPoint presentation which can be used by the teacher to teach their students about the purpose of a databases, entity relationship diagrams (with examples), and normalisation at KS5. Ideal for those studying A Level Computer Science Learning Objectives 1) To have a better understanding of the purpose of a database and to be able to explain some of the related key terms. 2) To understand the need for entity relationships and to be able to identify the need for normalisation.

A PowerPoint presentation which can be used by the teacher to be able to demonstrate how the fetch-decode-execute cycle functions within the CPU, at KS4 or KS5. Learning Objectives 1) To understand the purpose of the CPU and be able to explain how it typically functions when fetching and decoding instructions. 2) To be able to identify and explain the key differences between an address, control and data bus.

An ideal resource for those students currently preparing for their GCSE Computer Science exam. It covers all the theory that they must learn, including: Hardware Databases Algorithms and Programming Software Data Representation Networking

A revision worksheet which can be used by students to revise how numbers are represented by a binary and hexadecimal. Suitable for KS4 and KS5 students studying GCSE and A Level Computer Science. Learning Objectives 1) To understand how binary can be used to represent numbers within a computer. 2) To be able to convert denary to binary and vice versa. 3) To be able to convert a representation of binary into hexadecimal.

Excellent poster for a classroom display, which works as a revision tool for students wanting to learn the units of storage.

A PowerPoint presentation which can be used by the teacher to demonstrate how to express numbers in both Binary and Hexadecimal at KS3 or KS4. Learning Objectives 1) To understand how binary can be used to represent numbers within a computer. 2) To be able to convert denary to binary and vice versa. 3) To be able to convert a representation of binary into hexadecimal.

A revision worksheet for those students preparing for their GCSE Computer Science exam. The sheet focuses on binary addition with 4 and 8 bit binary numbers. Also suitable for KS3 and A-Level students.

This is a collection of assessment sheets for the TLM Level 2 Certificate for IT (Ingots). The included assessment sheets are for the following units: Gold Unit 1 Gold Unit 4 Gold Unit 5 Gold Unit 10 Gold Unit 11 These are ideal for sharing with students, for them to identify which mark criteria have been met and they are excellent for examples of AfL.

An excellent poster covering the purpose of a range of utility programs. An ideal revision tool for KS3-KS5.