FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR COMPUTER JSS1 (BASIC 7)
Jss1 FirstTerm Computer Curriculum
Junior Secondary School Curriculum Computer Studies – Edudelight.com
Lagos State Scheme of work Computer Studies Jss1 First Term
Week 1 – 3 – FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER Constituents of a computer
- Hard ware: System unit, Peripherals
- Soft ware: System software, Application software
- Characteristics of a computer with computer Terminology
Week 4 -5 – DATA AND INFORMATION
- Definitions of data and information
- Examples of data and information
- Differences between data and information
- How the computer process data
- Diagrammatic representation of a computer
Week 6 -8 – COMPUTATION DEVICES I (PRE-COMPUTER AGE TO 19th CENTURY)
- The Abacus
- Features, components and uses
- Napier’s Bone
- Features, components and uses
- Slide Rule
- Features, components and uses
- Pascal’s Calculator, Leibnitz multipliers, Jacquards
- Loom Charles Babbage
- Difference and Analytic engine, Augusta Ada Byron, Hollerith Census machine,
- Punched cards, Burroughs, the comptometer and the cash register.
Week 9 10 – COMPUTING DEVICES II (20th CENTURY TO DATE)
- Antanasoft Berry computer, Electronic Numerical integrator and calculator
- Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
- Universal Automatic Computer
- Desktop Personal Computer
- Laptops and Notebooks
- Difference between laptop and Notebooks
- Other forms of portable device.
Week 11: Revision
Week 12. Examination
FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR COMPUTER JSS 1 (BASIC 7) – MODIFIED I
WEEK TOPIC
- Technology of different information age I
- Historical Development of Computers
- Generations of Computer
4. Basic Computer concepts
5. Data and Information
6. Information Transmission
7. Information Evolution and Communication Technology (ICT)
8. Information Evolution and Communication Technology (ICT)
9. Classification of Means of Transmitting Information
10. ICT Applications in Everyday Life
11. Revision
12. Examination
