Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 3

WEEK 5

Subject: ICT

Class: Primary 3

Term: 1^st Term

Topic: Input Devices I

Subtitle: Input Devices

Learning Objectives: At the end of this this lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. state the meaning of input device
2. identify the input devices

Resources and materials:

Scheme of work

Online information

Instructional material: picture chart, and keyboard  

Building Background/connection to prior knowledge: pupils are familiar with the topic in their previous classes.

CONTENT  

Input device

The computer system is made up of the hardwareand the software components.

The hardware components are the things wecan see and touch in a computer system. There

are three basic parts of the hardware components.

These are:

1. the input devices;
2. the output devices; and
3. the system unit.

Input devices

These are used for sending data and informationinto the computer system. They are also used

for telling the computers what we want it to do or used for giving instructions to the

computer on what to do.

Below are pictures of input device:

A KEYBOARD

A MOUSE

A MICROPHONE

A LIGHT PEN

A JOYSTICK

Strategies& Activities:

Step1: Teacher revises the previous topic.

Step2: Teacher introduces the new topic.

Step3: Teacher explains the new topic.

Step4: Teacher welcomes pupils’ questions.

Step5: Teacher evaluates the pupils.

Assessment & Evaluation:

1. What is an input device ?
2. Name three input device.

WRAP UP(CONCLUSION) Teacher goes over the topic once again for better understanding.

Assignment:

1. Draw one input device.
2. An input device is a hardware or software component of a computer?
3. Write three parts of a hardware components of a computer