Lesson 7 - Consolidation

⏱️ Do It Now

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Lesson 7 - Spring 2 - Consolidation (2)



Peer Review Activity

  • Open your presentation about computers
  • Go to the: Peer Review App
  • Join with the code your teacher gives you
  • Paste the link into the answer box


Follow your teacher's instructions as we peer review one another's work



Following the peer review, paste the feedback table into your OneNote Page and give it the title Do It Now

🎯 Learning Objectives


  • LO1:We are learning how to format an effective presentation
  • LO2:We will be able to describe hardware and key processes of a computer
  • LO3:We will be able to assess our own progress in the completion of a presentation

⁉️ Activity Instructions

You will produce an engaging presentation about computer hardware and software

This presentation must carefully utilise images and text in order to explain the following:


(1) The Fetch Decode Execute Cycle

  • The fetch stage
  • The decode stage
  • The execute stage

(2) Secondary Storage

  • An overview of why we need secondary storage
  • Magnetic Hard Disks
  • Optical Storage
  • Solid State Storage

(3) Types of Software

  • Operating Systems
  • Applications
  • Utilities

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If you have completed all of the above, complete a section about these key components

(4) Basic Computer Components

  • The CPU
  • Primary Memory
  • Motherboard
  • Graphic and Sound Cards

Presentation Assessment Criteria

🎓 Plenary

  • Assess your presentation with the grading rubric on the previous section (Assessment Criteria)
  • Identify the grade that most likely represents your work
  • Complete the written summary section
    (2 X ⭐⭐ and a 🪄)
  • Click the copy button and paste the assessment table into today's OneNote page