Your Task
Your task is to create a presentation in powerpoint describing the different parts that make a computer system. Incluse the following as a minimum
- CPU
- Motherboard
- Hard Disk
- Power Supply
- RAM
- ROM
Category: Computer Hardware
Year 7 – Introduction to Computers
Your task is to research information about early development of computers.
Use the presentation below to complete the worksheet provided:
Code Breaking and the Collosus
Worksheet
Extension Work
Use the information from the sheet below to create a timeline for the development of computers.
Year 9 – Converting Binary, Denary and Hexadecimal
Raspberry Pi
Lesson Aim
- Know what a raspberry pi
- Identify some uses of the raspberry pi
Starter
Introduce the Raspberry Pi and discuss some of its uses
Main
Your task is to create a presentation about the Raspberry Pi and include the following information:
- Title Slide
- What is Raspberry Pi?
- Why it was created?
- Some projects carried out with the Pi
- What you would like to create with a Pi
Plenary
Discuss uses of a Pi and then what students would like to do with it.
Introduction to Computer Hardware
Lesson Aim
- Understand the differences between input and output devices and recognise where sensors are used in everyday objects
Starter
As a class view presentation and identify the key computer peripherals as input, output or storage devices.
Main
Create a Word Document with the title Inputs and Outputs.
Create and complete a table like this:
Extension Task
For each of the different types of sensor, state an everyday item that uses this sensor and explain how it is used. Here’s a reminder of the different sensors:
- Light
- Temperature
- Moisture
- Pressure
- Motion
- Smoke
Plenary
- What is a peripheral device?
- Give an example of an output device connected to a computer.
- Is a mouse an input or an output?
- Give an example of an everyday device that contains a sensor. How is it used?