Unit 2 – Technology Systems

// folder & files

📁 What's in this unit

Unit 2 covers how technology systems work — from the physical hardware inside a computer to how software, data and people interact with it.

The work includes revision worksheets, an exam task, independent programming tasks, data types activities, a quiz PowerPoint, a Publisher poster and two advertisement posters.

Files are saved in a variety of formats: .docx, .pptx, .pub and .png — showing awareness of appropriate file formats for different types of work.

Unit 2 folder — all files listed

// tasks & worksheets

Revision Worksheet — completed Q&A on hardware

Exam Task — hardware, software and technology systems

Revision Worksheet — mind map of hardware components

Independent Task — programming concepts: variables, declarations, assignments

Student Worksheet — data types, data structures & code annotation

Test — Learning Aims A & B

// presentations & lessons

Quiz PC Components — PowerPoint presentation

Lesson 1 — introductory activity

// design work & posters

Computer Systems poster — created in Microsoft Publisher (CPU, Motherboard, GPU, RAM, ROM)

iPhone 17 Pro Max advertisement poster — saved as .png

// key skills gained from this unit

What I learned to do

Identify hardware components and explain their purpose (CPU, RAM, ROM, GPU, storage)

Understand the difference between system software and application software

Explain data types: integer, string, boolean, real

Define programming concepts: variables, declarations, assignments and constants

Design and produce a poster using Microsoft Publisher

Save files in appropriate formats (.docx, .pptx, .pub, .png)

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💻 Technology Systems

📁 What's in this unit

What I learned to do