Year 10 Theory

This section contains the resources for topics 1-4 of the theory (unit 1) content that is covered in Year 10 lessons. Click on the links below to download the resource. 

For the remaining theory topics, please see the year 11 theory page. 

1. Hardware

Hardware 1 - CPU 1

Hardware 2 - CPU 2

Hardware 3 - CPU 3

Hardware 4 - Primary memory

Hardware 5 - Secondary memory 1

Hardware 6 - Secondary memory 2

Hardware 7 - Peripherals 1 - Input

Hardware 8 - Peripherals 2 - Output

Hardware 9 - Additional hardware & embedded systems

Pupil slides for hardware topic (view only - editable copies posted to Google Classroom, copies can be made)

2. Logical operations 

*Logic gates & truth tables - see year 11 theory page for Boolean algebra*

Logic 1 - Logic gates & Truth tables 1

Logic 2 - Logic gates & Truth tables 2

Pupil slides for logic topic (view only - editable copies posted to Google Classroom, copies can be made)

3. Communication (Networks)

Communication 1 - The internet, WANs and LANs

Communication 2 - Routers and routing

Communication 3 - IP addresses & DNS

Communication 4 - Packets & switching

Communication 5 - Protocols & TCP/IP stack

Communication 6 - Topologies

Topology information sheets

Communication 7 - Other network hardware

Pupil slides for network topic (view only - editable copies posted to Google Classroom, copies can be made)

4. Organisation and structure of data

Organisation 1 - binary, denary & hexadecimal

Organisation 2 - binary arithmetic & arithmetic shifts

Organisation 3 - images

Organisation 4 - sound

Organisation 5 - characters

Organisation 6 - data structures

Pupil slides for organisation topic (view only - editable copies posted to Google Classroom, copies can be made)