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Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 3

Computing Systems and Troubleshooting

Learners model a computing system as hardware, software, data and people working together, tell memory (a desk for work in progress) from storage (a filing cabinet that keeps files), and tell the operating system from apps. They then troubleshoot like technicians: describe the symptom, guess a likely cause, test one fix, and check the result.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 60 minutes
  • Systems and troubleshooting check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and write a short answer
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What learners will discover

  • Describe a computing system as hardware, software, data and people working together, and name the jobs of the processor, memory and storage.
  • Tell memory (temporary working space, cleared when the power goes off) from storage (keeps files when off), and the operating system from apps.
  • Troubleshoot with a strategy: describe the symptom, guess a likely cause, test one fix, and check the result.

Lessons

  1. Four parts of a system 4 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  2. Memory and storage 3 steps2 practiceabout 15 min
  3. The operating system and apps 3 steps2 practiceabout 13 min
  4. Troubleshoot like a technician 5 steps3 practiceabout 18 min
  5. Systems and troubleshooting check 8 questions at the end

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