Internet Browsers – Explorer, Mozilla, Goggle Chrome, Create Email (Primary 5)

COMPUTER STUDIES (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) 

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

THIRD TERM 

WEEK 10

PRIMARY 5 

THEME – BASIC CONCEPTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Internet – Meaning of WWW and Electronic Mail (Primary 5)

TOPIC: INTERNET 

1. Meaning (Examples) of Internet Browsers

2. Creating Gmail and Yahoo mail

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. list three internet browsers.

2. create email address.

3. write valid email address.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

Internet connected computer lab or cyber cafe.

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

Relevant link – Third Term Scheme of Work and Plan Lesson Note Computer Studies (Information Technology) Primary 4, Primary 5 and Primary 6 Links

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON 

LESSON ONE – INTRODUCTION

MEANING OF INTERNET BROWSERS

Internet browser is a software application used for finding and displaying Web pages.

There have been many different internet browsers as mentioned below:

1. Internet Explorer

2. Google chrome

3. Mozilla

4. Opera Mini

6. Firefox

7. PHX browser

LESSON TWO – CREATING EMAIL ACCOUNT

To create a Yahoo account:

• Open up your internet browser and go to the Yahoo home page: https://www.yahoo.com/

• Click on Mail at the top left corner of the page.

• You’ll now be in the `Sign In’ section. As you don’t have a Yahoo account yet, you need to Create Account.

• To set up your new account, Yahoo needs some information about you – first, your first and last name. The username is the unique email address that you wish to use, which will be placed before `yahoo.com’.

• If the email name that you requested is not available, you’ll get a message saying that the username is not available.

• Once you have successfully created email account, you will see the following message: CONGRATULATIONS

To create a Google account:

• Go to www.google.com.

• Locate and select the Sign in button in the top right corner of the page.

• Click Create an account.

• The sign up form will appear. Follow the directions by entering the required information, such as your name, birth date, and gender.

 

• Review Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, click the checkbox, then click Next step.

• Your account will be created, and the Google welcome page will appear.

Teacher’s Activities – Guides and allows the pupils to create either of the account.

LESSON THREE – WEEKLY ASSESSMENT 

As stated in performance objectives or lesson evaluation. 

 

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. Guides pupils to:

• create e-mail accounts,

• write valid samples of e- mail.

Pupil’s Activities – Visit a cyber cafe and do the following:

• create e-mail accounts,

• write valid samples of e- mail.

 

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 – Using Email Address (Primary 5)

LESSON EVALUATION

Pupils to:

1. explain the term – internet browser.

2. list three (3) internet browsers.

3. create a valid email account – Gmail or Yahoo mail.