Year 7 – Revised ICT Lesson Breakdown
Term 2
Discovering How
Computer
Hardware and
Software works
Topic
Section
National
Curriculum
Level
Descriptor
Understand the
hardware and
software
Compute components that
r
make up
Compone computer
nts and systems and how
Periphera they
ls
communicate
with one another
and other
systems.
Learning Outcome
 Understand that
there are different
types of computer
system.
 Understand how
internal hardware
components work
and
communicatewith
each other.
Key Terminology
 Computer system, Embedded
systems
 Control systems, Mobile
systems
 Hardwarecomponent,Comput
er architecture
 Circuit board, Motherboard
 Microprocessor,
Central
Processing Unit
 Silicon chip, Memory card
 Graphics card, Sound card
 Video card, Peripherals
 Input, Touch screens
 Graphics tablet, Microphones
 Joystick
 Monitors, Visual Display Units
Resource Links
Description
www.padlet.com
Learn to use Online
collaborative tools to
construct a shared
bulletin board.
www.pinterset.com
Practice of using Online
pin board to publish
web links and images.
http://fotoflexer.com/
Learn image editing
using Web based photo
editing software
www.educationquizzes
.com/ks3/ict/what-isict-01/
Online quiz which
includes several
questions on Computer
hardware
www.prezi.com/
Train to use a cloud
based Presentation tool.
www.gliffy.com
Learn to create flow
charts for numerical and
logical scenarios.
Computational
Thinking
Design, use and
Understa
evaluate
nding
computational
Compute
abstractions that
r Models
model the state
and
and behaviour of
Simulatio
real world
ns
problems and
physical systems.
Exploring
Computer Logic
and Number
Representation
Binary
Numbers
and
Calculati
ons
 Understand that
there are different
types of computer
models and
simulations
Understand
 Understand the
simple Boolean
term binary.
logic and some of  Know how to
uses in circuits
convert binary and
and
decimal numbers.
programming;
understanding
how numbers can
be represented in
Binary, and be
able to carry out
simple operations
on binary
numbers.
 Computer model
 Computer simulation
 Predictive modeling
www.pinterset.com
Practice of using Online
pin board to publish
web links and images.
txtipd.wm.edu/simulati Use of simulation games
to demonstrate the
on.php/
theory concepts.
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Binary
Binary digits
Binary representation
Bit patterns
Bits
Conversions
Decimal
www.wix.com
User friendly software
to create websites.
http://www.binarymat
h.info/
Introduction to Boolean
Operators.
http://forums.cisco.co Interactive activity to
m/CertCom/game/bina learn binary
conversions.
ry_game_page.htm
http://binarytranslator. Online binary converter.
com/