Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

WEEK 5

SUBJECT: COMPUTER EDUCATION

TERM: 3RD

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

Topic: Data

Subbtitle: Meaning and Types of data

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

1. Define data
2. State the type of data

Resources and materials:

Scheme of work

Online information

Instructional material: A functional computer system.

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

CONTENT

DATA

Data is a raw fact that need to be processed. it is called raw and unorganized facts. It is useless until it is processed and well organized.

TYPES OF DATA

1. Numerical data: These are mainly numbers such as 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

2. Alphabetical data: These are mainly letters A_Z and other words formed these letters e.g father,mother, aunt, sister,friend etc.

3. Alphanumeric data: Alphanumeric means numbers, alphabet and special characters.

Examples are:

2004 General election

Russia 2019

2019/2020 Academic session

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Strategies& Activities:

Step 1: Teacher revises the previous topic.

Step 2: Teacher introduces the new topic.

Step 3: Teacher explains the new topic.

Step 4: Teacher welcomes pupils questions.

Step 5: Teacher evaluates the pupils.

Assessment & Evaluation:

1. Define data
2. State the type of data

WRAP UP(CONCLUSION)

Teacher goes over the topic once again for better understanding.

Assignment:

1. Define data
2. State the type of data