#9pisc1 - Computer Science - Mother board

Lesson Objectives 

LO1 - Understand what a mother board is
Lo2 - Understand the purpose of a motherboard 

Outcomes

Red - You will have completed your CPU, RAM, ROM mindmap0
Amber - You will have added information about the motherboard
Green - You will have tested your knowledge

Starter

Main

RED TASK

• Finish your mind map from last lesson:
• What does CPU stand for?
• What does the CPU do?
• What are the different parts of the CPU?
• What do these different parts do?
• What is the clock speed? How is it measured? Why is this important?
• What does RAM stand for?
• What is stored in the RAM?
• Is RAM volatile or non-volatile? What does this mean?
• What does ROM stand for?
• What is stored in the ROM?
• Is ROM volatile or non-volatile? What does this mean?

AMBER TASK 

• Add information about the motherboard to your mind map:
• What is the motherboard? 
• What is the purpose of the motherboard?  
• A diagram showing the different parts of the motherboard labelled

GREEN TASK

• http://www.teach-ict.com/gcse_computing/ocr/212_computing_hardware/cpu/quizzes_cpu.html

Plenary

!!TEST TIME!!