 | Essential Physics - a key to success in education, work and further training.
A comprehensive, teach-yourself course in Electricity and Magnetism from one of the world's leading training organisations.
This course consists of 20 multimedia rich lessons, narrated in clear, concise English and supported by vivid graphics and animations.
Innovative teaching software enables students to grasp even the most difficult concepts, quickly and efficiently.
All of the key topics are built up logically and clearly, starting from the very beginning, ensuring that both novice and advanced students alike can benefit from this course.
Provides excellent preparation for professional pilot ground school studies.
Contains worked examples and over 200 self-test questions. |
This course develops topics in Electricity and Magnetism from a very basic level, to a standard comparable to the UK GCSE syllabus.
Using this interactive, self-teach course, you will learn the fundamental concepts of electricity and be guided through the mysteries of charge, voltage and current flow, to the workings of series and parallel circuitry, Ohm's Law and electricity in the home. You will be introduced to the link between Magnetism and Electricity and discover the principle of operation of a range of electromagnetic devices, including electrical motors and transformers.
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CONTENTS include:
Electricity
- Electrostatics
- Potential difference
- Voltage
- Current
- Power
- Ohm's Law
- Electrical components
- Household Electrics
Magnetism
- Natural & Man-made magnets
- Electrical motors
- Electromagnetic induction
- Transformers
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Minimum recommended PC specification: Windows(98, ME, 2000, XP), 550 MHz CPU, 128 Mb RAM, 4x CD-ROM Drive, Windows compatible sound card
Recommended PC specification: Windows XP, 700 MHz CPU, 256 Mb RAM, 12x CD-ROM Drive, Windows compatible sound card
Product Review
by British Learning Association
A New Departure from Oxford Aviation Training
Essential Mathematics and Essential Physics are two of the first offerings in
a comprehensive suite of GCSE courses from the hangars (stop punning
now) of OATmedia. This review looked at Essential Mathematics Part 1:
Number, Algebra and Geometry, and Essential Physics Part 1: Electricity and
Magnetism.
The suite is aimed initially at adults who need to plug holes in their
education.
Well packaged, both programs installed painlessly. They then went into a
‘how to use’ demo with voiceover. I would have liked some indication and to
have decided for myself whether I wanted explanations. However, after that
the user interface is intuitive, friendly and fast.
It was immediately apparent that the explanations are clear, well thought
through, and rich in graphics and animation, especially the Physics. Both
courses cover the material comprehensively and do not lose interest half
way through.
On the negative side, in keeping with an aviation no-nonsense style, there is
little interaction during the presentations, little questioning and little discovery
learning. Sometimes information between pauses was too long, although
you can pause at any point. The questions could perhaps have been tested
rather than you writing them down on paper and simply revealing the
answer.
The products will need reversioning to appeal to 13-17 year olds – not a
major effort, or to act as remediation – perhaps a larger effort.
Despite the niggles, the products grow on you because of the sheer quality
of the content - input from experienced teachers has
paid off. OATmedia is to be congratulated for
having the courage to tackle such a sizeable
quantity of material.
Reviewed by BLA Member Ged Fitzgibbon,
Instructional Designer - DMR Studios, Cranfield University
[Source: "What's New" section of BLA quarterly magazine]
