Hardware Lesson 2 - Year 7

Hardware Lesson 2 - Year 7

You need to know by the end of this lesson what goes inside of a computer. Remember, computers are not just the boxes infront of you.

Last lesson:

• You identified the Input, process and Output of a range of devices

• A computer is something that counts! Thats it.

• This Ishango Bone is the earliest known method of reasoning. It was used to count!

Washing Machines

Study the image.

Think:

What are the input devices on this device?

What input instructions are put into the 'computer'?

What is the process?

Whats th eoutput? Other than clean clothes

Multiple Select

Which of the following are input devices of the washing machine?

• Buttons

• Dials

• Door

• Clothes

Multiple Select

What is the output of the washing machine?

• Water - temperature controlled

• Clean clothes

• The spin of the drum

• The drainage

The Human Body Vs Computer

• CPU - Brain

• RAM - Short Term Memory

• HDD - Long Term memory

• Etc.

Multiple Choice

What is this device?

• RAM

• CPU

• ROM

• HDD

Multiple Choice

What is this device?

• RAM

• CPU

• ROM

• HDD

Multiple Choice

What is this device?

• RAM

• CPU

• ROM

• HDD

Peripheral... what does that mean?

• Peripheral devices are devices that are outside of the computers main box

• Peripheral devices will be things such as:

• Speakers

• Printers

• Monitors

• Mice/Keyboard

Multiple Choice

What is this device?

• Printer

• Speakers

• Screen

• Plotter

Lesson Task

• Complete the Following:

• Slide 1. Title: Computer Hardware

• Slide 2. List hardware components: Mother Board, CPU, RAM, , Hard Drive / SSD, Power Supply, Graphics Card

• Slide 3 to Slide 8. For each of the hardware components, create a slide that shows: a picture and a description of the computer component, then explain how the component fits into the computer case