Students’ age range: 14-16

Main subject: Technology education

Topic: Basic components of a computer

 

Description: Introductory Activity:
Students will be engaged in ice breaker and brief introduction with the teacher.
Step 2
Students and teacher will be engaged in a brainstorming session through questioning to gather information on what they already know about the computer.
Step 3
Students and teacher will be engaged in a brainstorming session through questioning to define the term hardware
Step 4
Students will be engaged in a musical activity where music will be played and a bag passed around the class, the student who has the bag when the music is paused will choose a question from the bag and try to answer it.
Step 5
Students will be guided into forming pairs to formulate and explain the functions of the major hardware components for a maximum of fifteen minutes.