Learning objective
- To recognise basic inputs and outputs.
Success criteria
- I can identify some inputs and outputs.
- I can
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Design,
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Cross-curricular links
English
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Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit you might want to check children can recall: Keyboard shortcuts can be used to perform tasks when typing. The space bar on a keyboard inserts room between letters and words. An email is an electronic form of communication. An email attachment is a file that is added to an email.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should use the Resource: Inputs and outputs. Could explore plugging/unplugging the different peripherals.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should include more detail on their posters about what happens when a key is pressed or the mouse is clicked e.g What information is sent? Where is it received? Could also consider other forms of input and output.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: suggesting what inputs and outputs are
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Vocabulary definitions
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computer
Electronic machine that accepts and processes information to produce an output, and then stores the results.
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data
A way of seeing whether the computer has done what you asked it to
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 22nd January, 2024
