This lesson teaches students about how and why encryption is used. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: How encryption is used to secure data. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.3: Types of Networks Network Performance Network Hardware The Internet Network Topologies Encryption (Current - Free) Standards and Network Protocols Network Connections

Master the CPU fundamentals! Teach how CPUs process data and power the devices we all use everyday. This complete lesson discusses input and output devices, hardware and software, purpose of the processor, and a brief overview of the fetch-execute cycle. You can use this resource with minimal preparation - it is good to go! You can easily reuse and build upon our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. The activities inside this resource have been specially created to allow students to develop their problem-solving and critical thinking skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Specially designed for the OCR GCSE curriculum (J277). No excessive content from other exam boards here! ➟ This resource contains: Presentation which consists of appealing visuals, discussion tasks, student activities, and more! and (un)funny jokes! Worksheet with answers to allow students to consolidate their knowledge or explore a different aspect of the topic. Exam-Styled Questions with a mark scheme to reinforce key concepts learned in the lesson, either for homework or during the lesson.   ➟ Other useful resources: Von Neumann Architecture - OCR GCSE Lesson   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ We hope you enjoy using our resources just as much as we enjoyed creating them! :) ─────█─▄▀█──█▀▄─█───── ────▐▌──────────▐▌──── ────█▌▀▄──▄▄──▄▀▐█──── ───▐██──▀▀──▀▀──██▌─── ──▄████▄──▐▌──▄████▄──

Learn all about Python exception handling! Teach students to catch errors, use try-except blocks, and create robust Python programs that handle unexpected issues smoothly and efficiently. This interactive workbook includes examples, challenges, and annotated solutions to allow students to self-evaluate their code. You can easily reuse and build upon our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ This resource can be used for both GCSE and A-Level classes. This workbook contains 9x pages with: Explanations & Examples to simplify learning and clarify concepts which are complex to understand at first. 6x Challenging Tasks to apply knowledge learned and enhance problem-solving skills. Some challenges may require more thinking and research than others. Solutions in both source code form and written form for students who use online compilers.   Other useful resources from us: Dictionaries - Python Programming Challenges   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀

This lesson is about Embedded Systems and General-Purpose Computers and has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: Purpose and Characteristics of Embedded Systems Differences when compared with General-Purpose Computers. Wide range of Examples. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.1: Purpose of the CPU (Free) Von Neumann Architecture CPU Performance Embedded Systems (Current - Free)

These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.6 cover ethical and cultural issues issues, privacy and legal issues, environmental issues, laws and legislation… etc. - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.6 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 30 Suggested Allowed Time: 34 minutes (+25% extra time = 43 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: 8 Mark Practice Q’ (Set A) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Selections - Python Programming Challenges Software Licenses - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ ��▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.4 cover types of network threats, identifying them, and then preventing them… - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.4 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 28 Suggested Allowed Time: 32 minutes (+25% extra time = 40 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: 8 Mark Practice Q’ (Set A) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges Laws and Legislation - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.5 cover operating systems and system utility software… - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.5 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 28 Suggested Allowed Time: 32 minutes (+25% extra time = 40 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: Grade 9-7 Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Iterations / Loops - Python Programming Challenges Utility Software - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

Generate an unlimited amount of printable binary worksheets for your students. The following worksheets can be generated: denary to binary (and back), hexadecimal to denary (and back), hexadecimal to binary (and back), binary shifts, and binary addition. In addition, a separate answer sheet is generated. These worksheets can be used when teaching OCR GCSE Computer Science J277. See the video to see how the worksheets are generated! Situations where this resource can be useful: Starter activity Exam practice Homework

This teaches students about lossy and lossless compression, along with the need for compression, and the effect on files. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: Why compression is used. Lossy and Lossless compression. Scenarios where each type of compression may be used. Advantages and disadvantages of each type of compression - there is a worksheet task designed for students to obtain this information from the presentation. Effects on different types of files. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.2: RAM, ROM, and Virtual Memory (Primary Storage) Units of Storage Secondary Storage Binary Crash Course Representing Images Representing Sound Representing Characters Compression (Current)

This resource covers binary shifts - multiplying and dividing binary values by ‘shifting’ them by a certain number of places. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the preview to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson Please note that a binary crash course version of this resource is available. This resource is designed to cover: Effects of shifting binary values. Shifting binary values to the left to multiply values by 2^x. Shifting binary values to the right to divide values by 2^x. ⠀

Explore Python’s maths capabilities! Teach functions for advanced calculations, from roots to trigonometry (all in Python!), enhancing your students’ ability to solve complex problems. These challenges combine with the basic math capabilities of Python. You can easily reuse and build upon our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE specifications, also suitable for A-Level classes. This resource contains: 12 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities through using different math capabilities. Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: Python Selections Workbook Tkinter - Python Challenges Representing Images - Full Lesson   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ We hope you enjoy using our resources just as much as we enjoyed creating them! ─────█─▄▀█──█▀▄─█───── ────▐▌──────────▐▌──── ────█▌▀▄──▄▄──▄▀▐█──── ───▐██──▀▀──▀▀──██▌─── ──▄████▄──▐▌──▄████▄──

(!) New Update - September 2024 Complete overhaul of this resource to provider a greater challenge to students learning Python! This activity aims to challenge students’ Python programming skills in using random numbers. This resource is suitable for students with different abilities, with the source code being available for each challenge. You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home, and allows for students to develop their problem-solving skills.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the AQA/OCR GCSE Computer Science specifications 8525/J277. This resource contains: 10 challenges provide students with an invaluable opportunity to sharpen their coding skills and problem-solving abilities through using random numbers. Source code answers allowing for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of solving the problem.   Other useful resources from us: File Handling - Python Programming Challenges Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges (Free) Encryption - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.1 cover embedded systems, Von Neumann architecture, and CPU performance - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.1 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 30 Suggested Allowed Time: 34 minutes (+25% extra time = 43 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: 8 Mark Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) File Handling - Python Programming Challenges Software Licenses - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.2 cover binary, secondary storage, primary memory, representing data… etc. - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.2 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 40 Suggested Allowed Time: 45 minutes (+25% extra time = 57 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: Grade 9-7 Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Random Numbers - Python Programming Challenges Operating Systems - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

These assessment exam-styled questions for topic 1.3 cover types of networks, connections, performance, standards and protocols… etc. - everything required to evaluate students’ knowledge and proficiency in these foundational subjects. Furthermore, these questions can be used for revision to find area of weaknesses prior to the big day! You can easily reuse and adapt our top-quality teaching material to fit your unique teaching style. This activity is suitable for classroom use or for self-study at home.   █▀▀ █▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀█▀ █░█ █▀█ █▀▀ █▀ █▀░ ██▄ █▀█ ░█░ █▄█ █▀▄ ██▄ ▄█ Compliant with the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification J277. This resource contains: Assessment for topic 1.3 which is designed to evaluate students’ proficiency and understanding of the content found in this topic. The test has been created in a way to ensure it can be completed within 1 lesson. A mark scheme for each question allows for students to self-evaluate their work or explore a different way of answering the question. A word document format is provided to allow for practice for the digital exams in 2025. ⠀ Total Marks: 32 Suggested Allowed Time: 36 minutes (+25% extra time = 45 minutes) ⠀ Other useful resources from us: Long Answer Practice Q’ (Set B) - Exam Q’ Practice (OCR GCSE J277) Iterations / Loops - Python Programming Challenges Standards and Protocols - Complete Lesson (OCR GCSE J277)   █▀▀ █▀█ █ █▀▄▀█ █▀ █▀█ █▄░█ █▄▄ █▀▄ █ █░▀░█ ▄█ █▄█ █░▀█   █░█░█ █ ▀█ ▄▀█ █▀█ █▀▄ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █▄ █▀█ █▀▄ █▄▀ Feel free to leave any feedback in the review section below! :)

This lesson is about units of data storage and is designed to teach students about bits and how units are used to simplify file sizes. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: Units of data storage. Moving between different data units. Calculating required storage capacity for files. Why data needs to be converted to binary format. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.2: RAM, ROM, and Virtual Memory (Primary Storage) Units of Storage (Current) Secondary Storage Binary Crash Course Representing Images Representing Sound Representing Characters Compression

This complete lesson teaches students about network hardware: Wireless Access Points WAP, Network Interface Controllers NIC, Switches, Routers, and Transmission Media. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1-2 Lessons This resource is designed to cover: Hardware needed to connect devices to a Local Area Network (LAN): Wireless Access Points Network Interface Controllers Routers Switches Transmission Media: Ethernet Cables Fibre Optics Wi-Fi Function and purpose of each piece of hardware. ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.3: Types of Networks Network Performance Network Hardware (Current) The Internet Network Topologies Encryption (Free) Standards and Network Protocols Network Connections

This lesson is about the Factors which affect the Performance of CPUs/processors and has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with an answer sheet, custom exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1 Lesson This resource is designed to cover: Characteristics which affects the performance of the processor: clock speed, cache memory capacity, number of cores. Effect on performance if changing one, or a combination, of the above characteristics. ⠀ Have any questions? Feel free to contact me. Other complete lessons in Unit 1.1: Purpose of the CPU (Free) Von Neumann Architecture CPU Performance (Current) Embedded Systems (Free)

This resource teaches students about the performance of computer networks - network latency, transmission errors, bandwidth, type of network traffic, and the number of connected devices. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1-2 Lessons This resource is designed to cover: Factors that affect the performance of a computer network: Network Latency Transmission Errors Bandwidth Type of Network Traffic Number of Connected Devices ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.3: Types of Networks Network Performance (Current) Network Hardware The Internet Network Topologies Encryption (Free) Standards and Network Protocols Network Connections

This lesson teaches students about the star and mesh network topologies. This includes the advantages and disadvantages of each topology. It has been specially created for the OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) course, meaning there is no irrelevant content from other exam boards. This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation, a worksheet with answers, custom-made exam-styled questions with a mark scheme, and a full lesson plan. See the video and the preview image to see what is included! Feedback has been considered when creating and updating this resource to ensure it is appealing, engaging, and challenging. This resource will be updated to ensure it is (one of) the best! Duration: 1-2 Lessons This resource is designed to cover: Star Network Topology Mesh Network Topology Advantages and Disadvantages of the Star and Mesh Topologies ⠀ Other complete lessons in Unit 1.3: Types of Networks Network Performance Network Hardware The Internet Network Topologies (Current) Encryption (Free) Standards and Network Protocols Network Connections