Do it now activity

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Do it now activity

List the different units of data and their respective valuesIdentify examples of data that would fit in each unit size

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DataBitNibble

ByteKilobyteMegabyte

GigabyteTerabyte

Copy the following table into your book.

Using the table list as many components of a computer as you can and explain their purpose. NOTE: you will need to add more lines to your table.

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DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte


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Talk Task

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What are the two values can a bit have?Where does the word BIT come from?How many bits in a nibble?How many bits in a byte?How many bytes would be needed to store a single letter ie the letter A?How many bytes in a Kilobyte?

DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte


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Independent Task

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DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte

Copy the table into your book and fill in the missing sections.


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Learning Development

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DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte


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DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte


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Learning Development

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DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte

Components which have data capacity


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DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte


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Independent Task

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DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte

Level 4: Why is it important to look at how much space you have available on your computers hard drive before you start to install something?Level 5: How is the data stored on the computer? What does it actually look like?Level 6: What components need a measurement for capacity, name them and explain what they are used for.


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Plenary

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Your teacher will suggest some different example files and you should suggest the amount of capacity required to store them.

DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte


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LEARNINGOBJECTIVES

ALL(Level 4)

Be able to explain why we must be accurate when working with

computers.

Why is it important to look at how much space you have

available on your computers hard drive before you start to

install something?

MOST(Level 5)

Understand how data, such as numbers, sound and images are physically stored on a computer

system.

How is the data stored on the computer? What does it

actually look like?

SOME(Level 6)

Understand how instructions are run inside a computer

What components need a measurement for capacity,

name them and explain what they are used for.

DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte


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DataBitNibble


GigabyteTerabyte

Homework The History of ComputingResearch Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, find out:

1. Who they were2. When they lived3. What they invented and what this did4. What impact this had on computing

Due:


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