IGCSE

Summary - 2019 Edition

The unit is subdivided into six learning hours including an end-of-unit assessment spread across six lessons in order to fit with most school timetables. It is a theoretical unit covering section 1.2 of the Cambridge IGCSE^® 0478 / 0984 and O Level 2210 Computer Science specification. The lessons cover data transmission and error detection with imaginative and engaging activities. The Internet is comprehensively covered with three lessons on its function, the principles of operation and key aspects of security. HTML structure and presentation is covered with a practical lesson to create a simple web page using HTML and CSS script. In the final lesson students sit an assessment test comprising questions similar to those found on the IGCSE exam paper.

What's included in the toolkit?

Order and download the free teaching unit in this series

These units have been written to satisfy the specification for the theoretical Section 1 of the Cambridge IGCSE^® 0478 and O Level 2210 Computer Science courses. Each unit contains:

• PowerPoint slides for each lesson
• Detailed lesson plans
• Learning objectives and outcomes
• Worksheets and homework activities with answers
• End-of-unit Assessment test with answers
• Other material and links to online resources

What people say...

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Thank you for the resources we have used at Academy 360 this year.  They have supported me and the Head of Computing to deliver this year’s curriculum.  The resources are concise, easily accessible to students and staff, and more importantly fun for the students.

Ian Cooper. Teacher of Computing, Academy 360

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The key strengths of the materials are in their simplicity - you have the content pupils need to know, simply, attractively presented and then a well designed worksheet to test it. The worksheets look excellent and very effective as a tool to cement the learning.

Dr Bruce Geddes. Head of Curriculum, British School Kuala Lumpur