you are here: start> contents> curriculum links Examples of possible links to GCSE and AS/A2 level courses The chief aim in developing the Sensors materials was to provide a range of activities suitable for students in the 14-19 age range which would show the relevance of sensors to everyday life and provide some information on how different kinds of sensors work, including the importance of potential dividers in many sensor arrangements. They would also provide practical experience of important concepts such as calibration, interpolation, and reliability. The sensors notes and activities provide support and extension for teaching DC Circuits and use of potential dividers in the AS/A2 level subject specification and for the following aspects of the KS4 Science Programme of Study: How Science Works: Data, evidence, ideas and explanations 1a and 1b; Practical and enquiry skills 2a,b,c,d; Communication skills 3a,b,c; Applications and implications of science 4a and 4b. Below are some examples of where the activities might be used to support and extend teaching aspects of AS/A2 Physics, GCSE Physics and GCSE Science /Additional Science syllabuses. Sensors GCSE Syllabus AS/A2 syllabus Introduction Edexcel Science P1b Topic 12: Space and its mysteries: 12.8 information about the universe from other than human exploration; 12.16 use of datalogging and remote sensing OCR 21st Century Science P1: The Earth in the Universe: P1.4 How do scientists develop explanations of the earth and Space? OCR Gateway Science P2 Living for the future: P2f Exploring our solar system   Thermal Sensors AQA Additional Science/ Physics Physics 2: What does the current through an electrical circuit depend on? Edexcel Science Physics 1a: Topic 9 Producing and measuring electricity OCR Gateway Science/ Physics P1 Energy for the home: P1a Heating houses OCR Gateway Physics P6 Electricity for gadgets: P6b Sharing AQA Physics A AS Module 3: Current Electricity and properties of solids AQA Physics B AS Module 1: DC Circuits; AS Module 1: Information and Communication Edexcel Salters Horners Unit PSA1, Physics at work rest and play: Technology in space OCR Physics A Electrons and photons: Electric current; Electrons and photons: DC Current OCR Advancing Physics Physics in Action: Communication: Sensing Physics in Practice: Instrumentation task WJEC PH2 Quanta and electricity: Resistance PH2 Quanta and electricity: DC Circuits Light Sensors AQA Science A P1b Radiation and the universe: Uses and hazards of the electromagnetic spectrum AQA Additional Science/Physics Physics 2: What does the current through an electrical circuit depend on? OCR Gateway Physics P5 Space for reflection: P5a Satellites, gravity and circular motion P6 Electricity for gadgets: P6a Resisting; P6b Sharing WJEC Science Unit P2 (Electromagnetic radiation and the Universe) AQA Physics B AS Module 1 DC Circuits; AS Module 1:Information and Communication OCR Physics A Electrons and photons: DC Current OCR Advancing Physics Physics in Action: Communication: Sensing Physics in Practice: Instrumentation task WJEC PH2 Quanta and electricity: DC Circuits Sound Sensors AQA /Physics Physics 3: What is sound? AQA Physics A A2 Module 6: Medical physics: physics of the eye and ear; biological measurement and imaging AQA Physics B AS Module 1 DC Circuits CCEA Module 2: Waveforms; Module 5: Ultrasound Edexcel Salters Horners Unit PSA1: Physics at work, rest and play : The sound of music OCR Advancing Physics Physics in Action: Communication: Imaging and signalling Force Sensors OCR 21st Century Science Additional Applied AP6 Materials and performance: Mechanical behaviour of materials electromagnetism) OCR Physics A Electrons and photons: DC Current OCR Advancing Physics Physics in Action: Designer materials; Physics in Action: Communication: Sensing Physics in Practice: Instrumentation task Flow rate Sensors   Edexcel Salters Horners Unit PSA2: Physics for life: Good enough to eat. OCR Physics A Forces, fields and energy: Electromagnetism OCR Advancing Physics Physics in Action: Communication: Sensing Physics in Practice: Instrumentation task Fields: Electromagnetic machines WJEC Fields, forces and nuclei: Electromagnetic induction Position Sensors OCR Gateway Physics P6 Electricity for gadgets: P6b Sharing AQA Additional Science Physics 2: What does the current through an electrical circuit depend on? AQA Physics A AS Module 3 : Current Electricity and properties of solids AQA Physics B AS Module 1: DC Circuits; AS Module 1:Information and Communication OCR Physics A Electrons and photons: DC Current OCR Advancing Physics Physics in Action: Communication: Sensing Physics in Practice: Instrumentation task WJEC PH2 Quanta and electricity: DC Circuits Potential Dividers OCR Gateway physics P6 Electricity for gadgets: P6b Sharing OCR 21st Century science: Physics P5 Electric circuits: P5.3 How do parallel and series circuits work? AQA Physics A AS Module 3 : Current Electricity and properties of solids AQA Physics B AS Module 1: DC Circuits; Information and Communication: Data Collection OCR Physics A Electrons and photons: DC Current OCR Advancing Physics Physics in Action: Communication: Sensing Physics in Practice: Instrumentation task WJEC PH2 Quanta and electricity: DC Circuits   |