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Discovery Education: Understanding Computing Lesson PlanDiscovery Education: Understanding Computing Lesson Plan
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Discovery Education
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6th - 8th
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21 Century Skills
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1310L
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Discovery Education: Understanding Computing

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This instructional activity provides activities to demonstrate how "A pebble calculator works in a way similar to an abacus," which will allow learners to increase their understanding of how computers work. The instructional activity also provides discussion prompts and extension activities for further computer learning.

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computer components, computer history, computing devices, history of computers

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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