Revision on External Features of System Unit (Primary 3)

COMPUTER STUDIES

(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) 

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 2

PRIMARY 3

THEME: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Second Term Examination Computer Studies Basic 3

TOPIC – EXTERNAL FEATURES – SYSTEM UNIT 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Power Button

2. Reset Button

3. Disk Drive

4. Port – USB, Keyboard, Monitor, etc.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

1. identify and describe the system Unit.

2. identify and describe the external features.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of –

Charts. Pictures. Printer. Speakers. Plain paper. Colour pencil. Keyboard. Monitor. System unit.

METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Scheme of Work

9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

Course Book

All Relevant Material

Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

INTRODUCTION – IDENTIFICATION OF PARTS OF A COMPUTER 

The monitor, system unit, keyboard, mouse and speakers.

 

SYSTEM UNIT 

What is this?

This is a system unit.

The system Unit counts, calculates and stores what we type into the computer.

We can make use of what is stored in the system when it is needed.

 

Teacher’s activities – Guides pupils to identify power and reset button on system unit.

 

IDENTIFICATION OF EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SYSTEM UNIT 

1. Power Button

2. Reset Button

3. Disk Drive

4. Port – USB, Keyboard, Monitor, etc.

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Leads pupils to identify parts of a computer.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify part of computer.

2. Guides the pupils identify system unit.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify system unit.

3. Guides the pupils to identify external features of system unit.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify external features of system unit.

4. Discusses some of the external features of system unit.

CONCLUSION

• To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

• Next Lesson – System Unit II – Internal Features of System Unit (Primary 3)

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to –

1. __________________ on/off the computer system.

A. Power button

B. Reset button

C. Button

 

2. __________________ turn off the computer system and start automatically.

A. Power button

B. Reset button

C. Button

 

3. Power and reset button are the same. True/False

4. Reset button is also known as __________________.

A. Start button

B. Off button

C. Restart button

 

5. Describe power button.

 

6. Describe reset button.

7. Draw a system unit and identify power and restart button.