Year 3 Software, Hardware and Data Transmission -Lesson 5

Hardware are the physical parts of a computer. Is this keyboard hardware or software?

• Hardware

• Software

Software are the programs that give instructions to the hardware.

Is this game hardware or software?

• Hardware

• Software

Can you touch software?

• Yes

• No

Sort the pictures into either Hardware or Software.

Groups:

(a) Hardware

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(b) Software

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What is data?

• information that computers store process and transmit.

• I type of drink

• A type of computer

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Match the following types of data to where we might see them.

• Movies, YouTube videos.

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• Photos, drawings, emojis

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• emails, messages, books

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• Scores in games, calculators

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• Music, voice messages, alarms

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How could you share your school newsletter to your community, including people who might be faraway. (HINT: there is more than one correct answer)

• Print it out and then hand it out

• email it

• print it out then post it

• Put it on a USB and share it

Everything you see on a computer is made up of data

• True

• False