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| Welcome to the Sensors
CD-ROM |
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| Sensors are an
important part of our lives – they pervade
every aspect, mostly unobtrusively. Students
should already be familiar with sensors through
work in a classroom context in Science, Technology
and Geography, but may be less aware of ‘real
life’ applications. |
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| The development and use of
sensors is also a rapidly growing area. Students
need to be aware of the ways in which sensors
are used and why they are used. They should
also have some understanding of what is ‘inside
the black box’ in terms of basic scientific
principles, and also of the processes by which
sensors are developed. |
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| The SEP ‘Sensors’
pack is a resource to support and extend teaching
about sensors at GCSE and post-16. It includes
details for a range of practical activities
to give students a sense of how scientists
and technologists use observations of phenomena
in real applications and to provide an introduction
to the science behind sensors. |
