Computer Studies - Junior Secondary 2 - BASIC

BASIC

Term: 2nd Term

Week: 7

Class: Junior Secondary School 2

Age: 13 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Computer studies

Topic:-       BASIC

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Write a simple BASIC program

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on BASIC

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She writes a simple BASIC program to calculate the product of three numbers

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She writes a simple BASIC program to calculate the area of a circle

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

BASIC

  1. Write a BASIC program to calculate the product of three numbers

Solution:

100                      REM: Program to calculate the product of three numbers

200                      LIST:

300                      PROD

400                      READ A, B, C

500                      DATA 3, 4, 9

600                      LET P = A*B*C

700                      PRINT P

800                      END

Note: The line number does not affect the program.

  1. Write a program to calculate the area of a circle. (Area= πr2)

     Solution:

10                        CLS

15                        Program to calculate area of a circle

20                        Let area = 3.142*r**2

25                        PRINT area

30                        END

EVALUATION:    1. Write a program to calculate simple interest                                               

                        2. Write a BASIC program to calculate the sum of two numbers

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively