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Schedule

Graphs intro using GeoGebra Software - Data logging -temp/sound/pressure 2 weeks

Algebra/Differentiation with Engineering Applications 6 weeks

· Equations of linear motion: v=u+at etc.

· Solving problems in linear accelerated motion

· Newtons Laws: F=ma etc.

· Differentiation and rates of change in displacement/velocity

· Differentiation and rates of change (current/voltage) in electric circuits

· Basics of Pressure/Momentum/Collisions

· Integration and calculation of areas/volumes

· Integration and Law of Radioactive decay

Trigonometry & Mathematics of Music 7 weeks

· Sin/Cos/Tan/Right-angled Triangles

· Graph of Sin x

· Sin waves - Frequency/ Amplitude/Harmonics – link with musical sounds through datalogger with sound sensor

· Mathematics of Fourier Serier/Transforms

History of Maths 1 week

Probability - Codes and Cryptography 4 weeks

· Permutations/Combinations

· Probability

· Ciphertext/ The Vigenere Cipher

· The Enigma Machine

· Public-key Cryptography/Prime Numbers/PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)/DES

Logic and Computers – Basic programming 5 weeks

· Number Bases –Decimal/Octal/Hexidecimal/Binary

· Logic Gates – AND/OR/NOT/EXOR/NAND/NOR

· Half-adder/Full-adder construction

· Basic computer architecture – CPU/Memory/Input/Output etc.

· Basic computer programming in Perl

Basic Electronics 4 weeks

· Build circuits with resistors/LEDs/LDR’s/diodes/transistors

· Build a crystal radio using germanium diodes