1 ✨ Spark
How many machines with a screen or buttons can you find in your home right now?
Think about this for a moment before you start.
2 🧊 3D Explore
Turn the scene, tap the objects and answer. Easy, Medium and Challenge are the three checkpoints.
💻 Devices around us
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3 📖 Explain
Devices are machines that help us do work: a TV shows programmes, a phone lets us talk, a calculator works out sums and a computer does many jobs.
Some devices take information in (keyboard, mouse, microphone) and some give information out (monitor, printer, speakers).
At a railway station, a ticket machine takes in money and gives out a ticket; a big screen shows train times.
✗ A computer can think on its own.
✓ A computer only follows the instructions people give it.
📒 Glossary
- device
- a machine that does a job
- input
- information going into a device
- output
- information coming out of a device
4 ✍️ Practice
Play Medium and Challenge in the 3D scene. The bars show how many you got right the first time.
My mastery (right first time / played)
- Easy0 / 0
- Medium0 / 0
- Challenge0 / 0
5 🏡 Real-life task
Try this at home or at school, then check the suggested answer.
Scenario Your grandmother wants to see photos of your school trip. Which devices could you use?
Show a suggested answer
A phone or tablet to show the photos on its screen, or a printer to print them on paper.
Make a list of devices at home and school. Mark which ones take information in and which give it out.
6 💭 Reflect
Think, then answer in your own words. Your notes stay on this device.
Observation In the 3D scene, look at each device. Which ones have screens, and what do the screens do?
Show a suggested answer
The monitor and tablet have screens; they show pictures and words, so they give out information.
Explain / create Teach a friend the difference between input and output using a keyboard and a monitor.
Show a suggested answer
When you press keys (input), the letters appear on the monitor (output).