ks3 Session7
ks3 Session7
Session 7
Theory: How computers work
Practical: Building on programming skills
Today’s session
5:00 – 6:00
How computers work
6.00 – 7.00
Building on programming skills
From the national curriculum- as last week
At KS3 students should be able to:
• Work in threes
• One person to be:
• The Display
• The Memory
• The Computer
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KS3 students do not
Structure of the computer need too much detail but
they will need more
information about the
structure of the
computer and the fetch-
execute cycle at GCSE.
Activity 2: Torches activity
You will need one torch between two people
In pairs …
Here is a simplified 5-bit
coding for letters that we have
used before.