Things Computer Cannot Do (Primary 1)

COMPUTER STUDIES

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND TERM 

WEEK 8

PRIMARY 1

THEME – BASIC COMPUTER OPERATIONS 

 PREVIOUS LESSON – USES OF COMPUTER IN HOSPITAL 

TOPIC – THINGS COMPUTER CANNOT DO

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 state what computer cannot do.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid OF textbook.

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

1. Scheme of Work
2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum
3. Course Book
4. All Relevant Material
5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

ACTIVITIES 1 – STATE THINGS COMPUTER CAN DO

Based on uses of computer in school, at home and in hospital, listen to the pupils response. 

ACTIVITIES 2 – STATE THINGS COMPUTER CANNOT DO

1. Computer cannot think and reason like human.
2. Computer cannot run, eat, or drink water, etc.
3. Computer lead teams and people.
4. Computer cannot be creative.

Guide and let the pupils to state what computer can and cannot do and write them on the board. 

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 know things computers cannot do.
3. Pupil’s Activities – Say what computers cannot do.

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 – Things Produced With A Computer

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to state three things computers cannot do.