Lesson Plan # 1

System Unit
Subject: Computer Science
Grade: 6th
Time: 30 min
Students learning outcomes (SLO):

Students will be able to:

 Define System Unit.

 Know about different shapes of System Unit.
 Know all components of system unit.

Materials:

White board, Board marker, Board rubber, Charts, Flash cards.

Teaching Methods:

Following methods will be used:

1. Lecture Method.
2. Demonstration Method.
3. Activity Method.
4. Drill Method.

Lesson Development:

Following questions will be asked:

i. What does the word system means?

ii. Give examples of any systems in your daily life?

System Unit:

A box like structure consists of different electronic components.

Component of System Unit:

Following are the components:

a) Processor
b) Mother Board/ Main circuit board
c) Memory Chip (RAM)
d) Hard Disk etc.

Shapes of System Unit:

System unit is mostly available in two casings:

 Tower Casing.
 Desktop Casing.
 Mother Board:

A largest circuit board in computer also called system board where all computer components
are connected i.e.

1. Processor 2. I/O devices.

3. Memory Chip. 4. Storage devices etc.

Processor (CPU):

Processor is called brain of computer made of silicon chip. It’s main job is to carry out set of
instructions and give accurate result after processing, it is also called CPU (Central
Processing Unit).

Why it is called brain of computer?

Memory Chip (RAM):

RAM stands for Random Access Memory. It holds data temporarily and also called volatile
memory. Its speed is high as compare to secondary memory.

Activities:

 Charts having five pockets labeled as names of all system units components will be
pasted on the board. Five cards where pictures of all components are pasted will be
distributed among few students randomly. Students will observe the picture carefully
and will put it in relevant pocket.
 Chart having all shapes of system unit will be pasted on the board. Students will come
one by one and will guess its shapes.

Sum up:

System unit is a box like structure containing all components of computer. It is also available in
different shapes i.e. tower casing, desktop casing. It has mother board, RAM, processor etc.
Mother board is a main circuit board and all components inside system unit are connected to it.
Processor is called brain of computer because it controls all activities of computer.

Assessment:

Why processor id called brain of computer?

Another name of mother board is?

Follow Up:

Collect pictures of components of system unit and paste it on the chart and label it as well.