1.6 OCR J277 Ethical Legal Cultural Environmental Impacy Summary Sheet / Knowledge Organiser (with quickfire questions)
A total of 13 pages of concise information and questions, all in one place
OCR GCSE Computer Science Revision helpsheet - 1.6 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental issues.
A set of resources that can also be set for Christmas homework or revision
A resource to aid students with the revision of unit 1.6 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental issues of the OCR GCSE J277 Computer Science specification.
The resource can be used for end of unit mini tests or for full revision of the topic in preparation for the exam.
The document contains:
Three pages of core / essential notes
25 quick fire question to aid revision, recall, interleaving, retention, starters and plenaries.
**Includes **
Impacts of digital technology on wider society including:
Ethical issues
Legal issues
Cultural issues
Environmental issues
Privacy issues
Legislation relevant to Computer Science:
The Data Protection Act 2018
Computer Misuse Act 1990
51ºÚÁÏ Designs and Patents Act 1988
Software licences (i.e. open source and proprietary
Also includes six supplementary pages outlining stakeholders in various contexts and ethical responsibilities of recycling digital technology etc.
Computer Science and ICT Projects for Homework / Independent Learning
Engage and reward your pupils.
Unplugged activities.
This resources is aimed at your KS3 pupils studying computer science or ICT. Pupils enjoy completing small projects that earn them recognition and praise and these are embedded into the activities they will complete.
The resource allows for your pupils to make choices about which activity they wish to complete.
Independent learning and research are encouraged and all tasks can be completed at home as a project or homework, or at school as independent classroom learning activities.
The activities are varied and will appeal to a wide variety of interests that will appeal to students.
Activities will reduce teacher workload, by encouraging independent learning.
Pupils will be excited and curious as they engage in activities that interest them.
Many resources that are available do not include a ‘gameification’ element to encourage learning. This activity booklet allows the teacher to easily award a number of reward stamps for each activity, including:
effort
research
quality
resilience
improvements.
You may wish these rewards to be collated and summed in the included spreadsheet to keep running totals and encourage competition and progress.
The resource contains:
an editable activity booklet
a certificate that can be adapted and printed for each activity your pupils complete.
A spreadsheet to record pupils progress and rewards.
This comprehensive resource will teach and encourage students the following:
independent research into computing and ICT topics
to use a variety of ICT resources to show their work
to use their imagination to show their work in ways they are comfortable with, including non-ICT method (models, art drawings, paintings etc).
Drawing Using Python Turtle
A collection of 25 short activities that introduces the python turtle library.
About two lessons worth of activity, depending on the ability of the pupils.
Answers can be written into the booklet.
Clear instructions of what to code.
Inputs and outputs are clearly shown.
MS Word format so easily editable.
All the python activities code are provided for each task allowing the teacher to quickly load, demonstrate and clarify each activity.
I have checked these short code snippets on various python IDEs and versions. Please check that the code runs on your IDE / version before using with your classes. Access to each code snippet file is provided in the folder that accompanies this resource.
OCR GCSE Computer Studies Revision helpsheet - 1.7 System Software
A resource to aid students with the revision of unit 1.7 System Software of the OCR GCSE Computer Studies specification.
The resource can be use for end of unit mini tests or for full revision of the topic in preparation for the exam.
The document contains:
a fully summarised mindmap of all sections required to be learned in the 1.7 system software section of unit 1.
A page to makes notes on
A mini revision planner to help with planning and organisation of the topic for an end of unit test.
Guidance on the importance or being organised and planning revision.
2.6 Data Representation Summary Sheet (with quick fire questions) Revision / Knowledge Organiser
Three pages of A4 that concisely summarise the important information regarding data representation.
Aimed specifically at GCSE computer studies but can be used at any keystage.
Comes with a set of 33 quick fire questions based on the summary sheet that can be used as a quiz to aid interleaving , memorisation, recap and recall.
Also included is an of activity sheet based on binary addition with a version including answers.
Included is a keywords activity sheet based on binary-hex definitions for pupils to complete.
There is also a document that pupils can use to create there own digital images using pixels to draw objects (spreadsheet based).
There are also a collection of information sheets related to the topic.
Specific to OCR GCSE Computer Studies 9-1 but applicable to other exam boards.
Keywords Include in the Summary Sheet are:
Bits
Binary Digits
Binary
Denary
Check Digit
Binary Shift
Hex
Hexadecimal
Character set
ASCII
Extended ASCII
Unicode
Image
Graphics
Bitmap
Pixel
Metadata
Colour depth
Resolution
Megapixel
Sound
Analogue
Sampling
Sample size
Bit rate
Frequency
Compression
Lossy
Lossless
File types
** OCR J277 2.2 Programming Fundamentals Summary Sheet / Knowledge Organiser (with quick fire questions)**
GCSE Computer Science OCR J277 2.2
A sheet that concisely summarises system programming fundamentals
Aimed at GCSE computer science but can be used at any keystage.
Comes with a set of 24 quick fire questions based on the summary sheet.
Complete with answers to all questions.
Specific to OCR GCSE Computer Science J277 9-1 but applicable to other exam boards.
A useful aid to help with exam question practice.
Can be used as a revision guide, starters or plenaries.
Topics summaries include:
Variables
Constants
Operators
Input
Output
Assignments
Sequence
Selection
Iteration
Algorithm
Pseudo code
Flowchart
Boolean operators
Logical operators
Data types
Integer
Real / float
Character / string
ASCII
Text files
Open / read / close
Records
Database
Access
SQL
Query
Record
Array / list
Dictionary
1.4 OCR J277 Network Security Summary Sheet / Knowledge Organiser (with quick fire questions)
A useful topic summary to aid with exam question practice, interleaving, starters, plenaries and homework.
Two full A4 sheets that concisely summarise the important information regarding system security.
20 quick fire questions based on the summary sheets with answers
Two supplementary sheets with concise information about the topic.
Aimed specifically at GCSE computer studies but can be used at any keystage.
Specific to OCR GCSE Computer Studies 9-1 J277 specification but applicable to other exam boards.
Includes:
Malware
Phishing
Brute-force attackes
Denial of service attacks
Data interception and theft
SQL injection
Social engineering
1.3 OCR J277 Computer Networks Summary Sheet / Knowledge Organiser (with quick fire questions)
Computer Networks, Connections and Protocols Summary Sheet (OCR J277) Summary Sheet
A sheet that concisely summarises Computer Networks, Connections and Protocols.
Aimed specifically at GCSE computer science but can be used at any keystage.
Relevant to the OCR specification J277
Comes with a set of 25 quick fire questions with answers based on the summary sheet to aid revision and retention.
A useful topic summary to aid with exam question practice, homework, interleaving, starters and plenaries.
Includes:
Types of network
Factors that affect the performance of networks
The different roles of computers in a client-server and a peer-to-peer network.
The hardware needed to connect stand-alone computers into a local Area Network.
The internet as a worldwide collection of computer networks.
Star and mesh technologies.
Modes of connection.
Encryption.
IP addressing and MAC addressing.
Standards
Common protocols.
The concept of layers.
Stakeholders Activity Sheet
This worksheet fits into the GCSE computer studies unit on Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental issues.
The worksheet asks students to explain how the change in technology stated will affect various stakeholders and this is a basis for discussion and possible research on how technology effects peoples lives?
** System Architecture Summary Sheet (with quick fire questions)**
A sheet that concisely summarises System Architecture (CPU).
Aimed specifically at GCSE computer studies but can be used at any keystage.
Comes with a set of 20 quick fire questions based on the summary sheet.
Specific to OCR GCSE Computer Studies 9-1 but applicable to other exam boards.
A useful aid the help with Exam question practice
Includes:
The purpose of the CPU
Von Neumann Architecture
Common CPU Components and their Function
The Fetch - Decode - Execute Cycle
Common Characteristics of the CPU and their Performance
Embedded Systems
Types of Storage Summary Sheet (with quick fire questions)
Two full A4 sheets that concisely summarises the important information regarding wired and wireless networks.
Aimed specifically at GCSE computer studies but can be used at any keystage.
Comes with a set of 23 quick fire questions based on the summary sheet.
Specific to OCR GCSE Computer Studies 9-1 but applicable to other exam boards.
A useful topic summary to aid with exam question practice
Robust Programs Summary Sheet (with quick fire questions)
GCSE Computer Studies Revision
A single A4 sheets that concisely summarises the important information regarding robust programs.
Aimed specifically at GCSE computer studies but can be used at any keystage.
Comes with a set of 20 quick fire questions based on the summary sheet.
Specific to OCR GCSE Computer Studies 9-1 but applicable to other exam boards.
The topic covers:
Defensive design
Input sanitisation
Validation
Planning for Contingences
Authentication
Maintainability
Comments
Indentation
Sensible names
Constants
Functions
Reasons for testing
Iterative Testing
Final / Terminal Testing
Syntax Errors
Logic Errors
Testing
OCR GCSE Unit 1 Summary Sheets Booklet for GCSE Computer Studies (Revision) J276
GCSE Computer Studies Revision
Paper based so can be added to revision packs.
This booklet contains knowledge organisers / summary sheets for all unit 1 topics, 1 to 8 of the OCR GCSE Computer Science course.
Each sheet for an individual topic contains the core information that pupils need to know.
The pages are concise and colourful.
Each topic has a page of quick fire questions that can be used as homework, starters or plenaries.
The content is specific to OCR computer studies but can be used for other exam boards.
If printed in A5 booklet format pupils with have an easily transported revision resource to hand.
Useful for starters, plenaries, homeworks or classroom activities.
1.1 System Architecture
1.2 Memory.
1.3 Storage
1.4 Wired / Wireless Networks
1.5 System Security
1.6 System Security
1.7 System Software
1.8 Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental issues
Programming Techniques Summary Sheet / Knowledge Organiser (with quick fire questions)
Revision
GCSE Computer Science (J276)
Three full A4 sheets that concisely summarises the important information regarding Programming Techniques.
Aimed specifically at GCSE computer studies but can be used at any keystage.
Comes with a set of 24 quick fire questions based on the summary sheet.
Specific to OCR GCSE Computer Studies 9-1 but applicable to other exam boards.
Key aspects of this topic include:
Variables
Constants
Operators
Inputs
Outputs
Assignments
Sequence
Selection
Iteration
Casting
String manipulation
Integer
Character
Boolean
Real number
Loops: for, while
Data types
*** GCSE Computer Science Keyword Wordsearch Puzzles:* **
Including all the solutions in a separate booklet
GCSE Computer Science OCR J277
A collation of 17 indiviual wordsearch puzzles of GCSE Computer Science keywords.
Each page relates to a topic in the OCR J277 specification but can be used for any GCSE exam board.
Each page contains a wordsearch puzzle for the keywords in that topic.
Pupils are also asked to pick three keywords and find the definitions of those words.
The resource can be printed as individual sheets or a booklet that can be then used throughout the course for homework, classroom activities, starters or plenaries.
Allows pupils to work individually and independently.
GCSE Computer Science
KS3 Computer Science
Homework
Starters
Plenaries
OCR J277 Unit 1 Bundle - 1.1 to 1.6 Knowledge Organisers Complete set
Each topic knowledge organiser bundled togther in one cost effective package.
1.1 Systems architecture
1.2 Memory and storage
1.3 Computer networks, connections and protocols
1.4 Network security
1.5 Systems software
1.6 Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental impacts of digital technology
Everyday Algorithms Workbook (unplugged activities)
Everyday Algorithms Workbook (unplugged activities)
An excellent resource for teaching algorithms in the final half term of the year.
A collection of nine everyday algorithms.
Pupils write out the text based pseudo code and flowcharts for a series of everyday activities.
Activities 1-5 show the pseudo code, pupils have to draw the flowcharts.
Activities 6-9, pupils have to write the pseudo code and associated flowcharts.
Document is in MS Word so fully editable and a teachers version is also included that show some suggested answers / responses.
This resource can be used as an independent unit of work or as part of other units of work such as programming, computer science and computational thinking. It can also be used for classroom based activities, homework or project work for a full class or assigned to individual pupils.
Mainly aimed at KS3 pupils
Keywords:
Computer Science
Algorithms
Pseudo code
Sequence
Iteration
Decomposition
Decisions
Repetition
This flowchart shows the links between fixing errors and resilience and also that repeated practice leads on to mastery, the more programming is practiced, they better you will get!
The flowchart algorithm can be used in classes as a discussion point and a display. The embedded graphic can be resized, printed, cut-out and stuck into exercise books as a reminder that making mistakes is OK, normal and part of the programming cycle.
Input Process Output - A simple model to explain what input, process and output are.
This is a simple presentation that clearly explains what input, process and output are.
The model provides simple explanations to the links with data, information, input devices and output devices.
Keywords include:
data
information
input
process
output
There is also a link to a Quizizz quiz based on the presentation:
https://quizizz.com/admin/presentation/63e612364a102c001d3c1234?source=lesson_share
This lesson activity is based around the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica data privacy data breach of 2018.
The resource consists of a worksheet that can be used to initiate discussion and to complete activities based around these discussions.
Page 2 has a lesson plan attached.
The resource is in word format so can be easily edited to your own requirements.
The lesson activity introduces the topics of
Cyber security
Ethical issues and
Digital Literacy.
The resource is is suitable for GCSE Computer Science and KS3 Computer Science.