COMPUTER AS IPO SYSTEM

SUBJECT: COMPUTER STUDIES

TERM: THIRD TERM

WEEK: WEEK 9

CLASS: PRIMARY 4

DURATION: 40 MINUTES

TOPIC: COMPUTER AS IPO SYSTEM

Input Data
Keyboard
Mouse

ENABLE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this Module, Pupils should be able to know:

Different Sources Of Information

TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS

Computer
Projector
Explanatory posters/pictures
Explanatory Video

TEACHING AND LEARNING METHOD

Explanation
Discussion
Questions and Answers

REFERENCE MATERIALSUniversal Basic Education Curriculum.

Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) Curriculum for primary schools.

Lagos State Computer studies Scheme of work

Online Materials.

Computer Studies for Primary Schools.

CONTENT

A Computer is an electronic machine that

Accept Data (I): the computer accept data from the keyboard, mouse which is an input (I).
Processes data (P): After the imputed data, the computer will process (P) the data using the Central processing Unit (CPU).
Gives out information to the user (O): after the computer have process the data, it will return to the user as information on the monitor or through the printer. That is Output (O) like text, images, sounds or videos.

IPO = INPUT- PROCESS-OUTPUT

The IPO explain how the computer works.

COMPUTER KEYBOARD is one of the ways user input data to the computer. The keyboard contains several characters of keys like Number, Alphabet, symbols.

COMPUTER MOUSE: it is a small input device used by the user to move the cursor on a computer screen by dragging it along a flat surface.

PRESENTATION