1. OCR Computer Science
Getting Ready for Year 12
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2. Year 12 – What can I do to prepare?
You will be coming to the course from different backgrounds.
Visit OCR’s A Level Computer Science page and have a look the specification and familiarise yourself with the course:
h046-h446-from-2015/
Please complete the tasks on the following slides so that you are ready for year 12.

3. Programming Task 1 - CodeCademy
Click on the image to the right or visit:
Sign up for a CodeCademy account
Complete the following course:
Python:
Try to complete a minimum 3 to 4 tasks a week.
Try to spend at least twenty minutes per day on this.
You must include print screen evidence in this presentation

4. Programming Task 2 – HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Click on the image to the right or visit:
Sign up for a CodeCademy account
Complete the following courses:
HTML and CSS:
JavaScript:
Try to complete a minimum 3 to 4 tasks a week.
Try to spend at least twenty minutes per day on this.
You must include print screen evidence in this presentation

5. Research Task 1
Identify four events that take place during the fetch-execute cycle.
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6. Research Task 2
Describe the effect of multiple cores on processing speed.
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7. Research Task 3
What is the difference between Harvard CPU architecture and Von Neumann CPU architecture?
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8. Research Task 4 What is a RISC processor and how does it function?
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9. Research Task 5 What is a CISC processor and how does it function?
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