Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Computer Components
Check your understanding of the flow inside the computer, from the input to the CPU and memory and back to the output, in this set of practice questions designed for AP Computer Science Principles students.
Curated OER
Google for Education: Children and Technology: Simulating a Computer
Students play the main computer components like a CPU, mouse, or IO controller to simulate calculator application by moving a mouse, synchronizing it with the mouse pointer on the screen and sending request to the processor.
Technology Student
Technology Student: Computer Control
This site describes and illustrates the most common hardware components found in a computer.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Our Bodies Have Computers and Sensors
Students learn about the human body's system components, specifically its sensory systems, nervous system and brain, while comparing them to robot system components, such as sensors and computers. The unit's life sciences-to-engineering...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are the Parts of a Computer?
Each computer receives input from a variety of devices, processes that data with the CPU and memory, and sends results to some form of output. This diagram visualizes that flow.
Other
Computer Concepts: Lesson Plans: Activities
This site provides many different activities and lesson plans on various computer concepts.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Computer Network
This site contains a Wikipedia description of computer networks.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Input & Output Devices
Become familiar with the parts of the computer that we interact with daily: the input and output devices.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Reflection Papers
This tutorial focuses on reflection papers; it defines them, provides common components and purpose, it offers ways to get at your feelings and organize your paper in a slideshow, and offers information about putting it all together and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Humans Are Like Robots
Four lessons related to robots and people present students with life sciences concepts related to the human body (including brain, nervous systems and muscles), introduced through engineering devices and subjects (including computers,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Reflecting on Human Reflexes
Students learn about human reflexes, how our bodies react to stimuli and how some body reactions and movements are controlled automatically, without thinking consciously about the movement or responses. In the associated activity,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Robot Wheels!
Students solidify their understanding of the terms "circumference" and "rotation" through the use of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics components. They measure the circumference of robot wheels to determine how far the robot can travel during...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Trebuchet Launch
Students work as engineers to design and test trebuchets (in this case LEGO MINDSTORMS robots) that can launch objects. During the testing stage, they change one variable at a time to study its effect on the outcome of their designs....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Robot Soccer Challenge
Students learn how two LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT intelligent bricks can be programmed so that one can remotely control the other. They learn about the components and functionality in the controller and receiver programs
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Hard Drive Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will demonstrate knowledge of hardware components associated with information systems.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Laser Printers
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students will learn about laser printers. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the hardware components associated with information systems.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Eeeek a Mouse!
Students investigate how a mouse works by dissembling and evaluating its design. They are also challenged to improve the design by eliminating or changing components of the mouse they dissembled.
Other
Karbos Guide: Illustrated Guide to Scsi
Easy to understand site that details the basic components of the SCSI and how it functions. Charts and pictures included with links to other modules.
San Diego State University
Debian Tutorial
In general this tutorial tries to explain the reasons for things, and help you understand what's going on inside the system. The idea is to empower you to solve new problems and get the most out of your computer. Thus there's plenty of...
PC Technology Guide
Pc Technology Guide: Cd Rw
Information about the CD-RW, rewritable drive. Includes an illustration, characteristics, and features.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Secondary Memory
Types of long term storage of data on the computer and retrieval are examined.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Input & Output Devices
Computer input and output devices are examined in this article.
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Pc Mechanic: A Cpu History
An informative article that presents the history of the CPU. (March 23, 2001)
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