Mary Styles Harrs
The Journey Inside 4 .1
Introduction to Computers
Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer
Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 2 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph, watching the video, and completing Activity 1. 1. Both a toaster and a computer have physical parts you can touch such as the keyboard and mouse which are called _hardware_________ 2. The computer has something that enables it to figure out what to do with the input you give it: ___software______. 3. You __can’t ___ touch software. 4. The _____microprocessor________ is the device in the computer that performs most of the tasks we ask the computer to do. The computer is ______unlimited______ in the things it can do.
5. According to the video the bread is the raw data that is ___input____, the dial on the toaster was the information ________storage_____, toasted bread was compared to __processor__________ raw data, and finished toast was the __output______.
PC Camera
Input
Printer
Output
Optical drive
Scanner
Input
Microprocessor
Processing
Hard drive
Ram
Storage
Motherboard
All
Rom
Storage
Keyboard
Input
Mouse
Input
Speaker
Output
Microphone
Input
Directions: For Activity 1 in Lesson 2 write the name of each picture on the lines provided below and label it input, output, processing, storage, and/or memory (except motherboard).
Activity 1: Which Does What?
Lesson 3: How Computer Get Input
Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 3 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph, watching the video, and completing Activity
Introduction to Computers
Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer
Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 2 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph, watching the video, and completing Activity 1. 1. Both a toaster and a computer have physical parts you can touch such as the keyboard and mouse which are called _hardware_________ 2. The computer has something that enables it to figure out what to do with the input you give it: ___software______. 3. You __can’t ___ touch software. 4. The _____microprocessor________ is the device in the computer that performs most of the tasks we ask the computer to do. The computer is ______unlimited______ in the things it can do.
5. According to the video the bread is the raw data that is ___input____, the dial on the toaster was the information ________storage_____, toasted bread was compared to __processor__________ raw data, and finished toast was the __output______.
PC Camera
Input
Printer
Output
Optical drive
Scanner
Input
Microprocessor
Processing
Hard drive
Ram
Storage
Motherboard
All
Rom
Storage
Keyboard
Input
Mouse
Input
Speaker
Output
Microphone
Input
Directions: For Activity 1 in Lesson 2 write the name of each picture on the lines provided below and label it input, output, processing, storage, and/or memory (except motherboard).
Activity 1: Which Does What?
Lesson 3: How Computer Get Input
Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 3 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph, watching the video, and completing Activity