OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 – Systems Architecture (Concept map, key vocabulary & questions)

This resource pack contains a concept map, key vocabulary list and questions with scripted answers for OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 - Systems Architecture.

There are three elements to this resource pack:

• OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 - Systems Architecture Concept Map
• OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 - Systems Architecture Key Vocabulary
• OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 - Systems Architecture Questions

Due to the character limit imposed by TES on the resource descriptions a more detailed version of the information below can be found bundled with the resources.

OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 - Systems Architecture Concept Map

The concept map contains most if not all of the key concepts students are required to know for their OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 (Systems Architecture) and how the key concepts are linked together.

Concept maps are versatile resources that can be used by teachers in a variety of ways:

The concept map can be used as a knowledge organiser that can be distributed to students, to be placed on classroom walls to give a visual representation of what the unit contains, placed on the school’s website under the curriculum section to give more detail about the Computer Science curriculum to prospective students parents or as an available revision resource for students, or simply as a reminder to the teacher so that none of the key concepts are missed during class.

OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 - Systems Architecture Key Vocabulary

The key vocabulary list contains most if not all of the key vocabulary students are required to know for their OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 (Systems Architecture) along with definitions/purpose.

Key vocabulary lists are versatile resources that can be used by teachers in a variety of ways:

The key vocabulary list can be used as a knowledge organiser that can be distributed to students, students can then be required to have the key vocabulary list in front of them during the lesson allowing the teacher to use your preferred questioning techniques to check the students understanding of the key vocabulary at any time during the lesson.

OCR GCSE Computer Science Unit 1.1 - Systems Architecture Questions

The questions are single sentence questions designed to be conveniently displayed on a classrooms VDU and be answered in 1 minute each.

The questions with scripted answers are versatile resources that can be used by teachers in a variety of ways:

• The questions could be displayed on the classrooms VDU as a starter or Do Now activity (5 questions is 5 minutes).

• The questions could be displayed on the classroom’s VDU at the end of the lesson as an exit ticket (3 questions is 3 minutes).

• The questions could also be used at any part of the main lesson where the teacher desires to assess their students understanding.