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This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Systems Architecture
The first video explores the first computers that had stored programs in the same memory space as the data required for them. This is known as the von Neumann architecture and is still the foundation principle on which most computers are still built today. We take the lid off a central processing unit and explain...
Systems Control and Electronics
These technical briefs focus on low cost approaches to accessing energy. This is vital to health and well being and low costs are particularly important to poorer communities in the developing world.
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Systems Electronics approaches modern electronics from an understanding of the functions of electronic systems, rather than their...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Systems Software
The first video outlines the purpose of systems software: the operating system and utilities. It consider the role of systems software in providing a user interface and abstraction to the physical hardware. A variety of different types of user interface are explained in more detail.
The second video...
This kit contains three pieces of the skull to be built into a scale (1:10) model with a jaw that really moves and a companion booklet so you can learn more about the most famous hunter to walk the planet.
T-shirt sale
This task is designed to assess how well students understand percentage calculations and special offers.
The task shows three T-shirts with different prices. A special offer states that all three may be purchased together for a discounted price. There are various tasks to complete, including calculating the...
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Table Tennis Server
Students work in teams to design and make a prototype device that will serve tennis balls consistently across a table tennis table. The server must fit securely on the edge of the table and serve at least four balls accurately and precisely in the same position and allow the ball to be returned. In this...