Instructional Video
Code.org

Code.org: How Computers Work: What Makes a Computer, a Computer?

K - 1st
Computers are all around us, but what really makes a computer, a computer? Explore the history of computers and the features they all share. [5:09]
Instructional Video
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Science Out Loud: How Computers Compute

9th - 10th
Even though we think of computers as super high-tech machines with tiny parts, they can also be huge, wooden, and mechanical. It's what they have in common that makes them computers - switches! [4:21]
Instructional Video
Code.org

Code.org: Introducing How Computers Work

4th - 8th
Have you ever wondered how a computer works? Bill Gates kicks off a six-part video series on the history and inner workings of the computer. This is the first of six videos in the series. [1:20]