Unit outcomes
Learners who are secure will be able to:
- Identify hardware and software.
- Recognise the difference between input and output devices.
- Identify features that make digital devices easy to use.
- Choose the most appropriate device for different locations and purposes.
- Identify tasks that computers can do better than humans.
- Recognise the difference between real and fictional robots.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 6: Integrated project: Rocket to the Moon
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Hardware and software
Lesson 2: Input and output devices
Lesson 3: Different computing devices
Lesson 4: Jobs computers do well
Lesson 5: Real and fictional robots
Key skills
Prior learning
- Computers can be
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Key knowledge
Cambridge Primary Computing (0059)
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Key vocabulary
data
feature
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Resources
Unit resources
Computer Science
Vocabulary display – Computing S2: How computers work
A display version of the unit vocabulary.
Computer Science
Knowledge organiser – Computing S2: How computers work
Aimed at learners, a single page document that gives key facts and definitions from the How computers work unit.
Suggested next steps
*Coming soon* Unit 2: Algorithms and debugging
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