Storage Devices CHAPTER: 8

Dear Teacher
In this chapter, students will learn about memory and different types of devices used by the computer to store images.
While discussing storage devices, make sure students get an opportunity to see most storage devices.

Suggested Teaching Plan

Suggested
Session Learning Objective(s) Teacher's Task(s) Source(s)
Duration
(Let's Begin - Lab)
Show them different types of data present on
To identify the term
the computer (Text, numbers, songs, movies Textbook 5 mins
memory
and games).
To demonstrate storage
devices

Show them different documents with different

types of data (text, tables and images).

(Let's Learn) With the help of given examples, explain what

data is.
To identify the term
1 Textbook 15 mins
memory Tell them that just like we store cookies or
To demonstrate storage chocolates in containers, we can store games,
devices songs, pictures etc. on storage devices.

Tell them they can access the

data stored on storage devices anytime.

(Let's Close)
Ask any student in the class to read out points
To identify the term
1,2 and 3 given in Key Points section to Textbook 10 mins
memory
summarise the concepts they have learned.
To demonstrate storage
devices

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 (Let's Begin - Theory) Carry storage devices to the class and show
them to the students. Hard disk, CD, DVD
10 mins
To list storage devices Ask students to observe and pass it to the and pen drive
of the computer next student.

Collect storage devices from the students and

explain each of the devices.

Tell them why a hard disk is used to store any

useful information of the computer and it is the
main storage device.
Tell them it is located inside the CPU cabinet.

Show a CD to the students and tell them it is a

flat, circular disk with a shiny surface on the
other side.
Tell them it is used to store songs, pictures,
games etc.
(Let's Learn)
TeachNext and
2 Show a DVD to the students and tell them that 20 mins
To list storage devices Textbook
DVD has 6 times more storage capacity than
of the computer
CD.

Show them a pen drive and tell them these

are available in different shapes and with
different capacities.
(Show different kinds of pen drives given in
the Next IT Skills Windows module ‘Storage
Device’).

Tell them it can be plugged into a computer to

transfer documents, pictures, posters etc.
from one computer
to another.

(Let's Close)
- -
To list storage devices
of the computer

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 (Let's Begin - Theory) Show the storage devices given in the Next
IT Skills Windows module ‘Storage Devices’
TeachNext 10 mins
To recall the concepts and ask them to talk about each of the
learned devices briefly.

Read out and explain the questions given in

(Let's Learn)
the textbook.
3 Textbook 15 mins
To recall the concepts
Ask students to answer Worksheet questions
learned
1,3 and 4.

(Let's Close)
Discuss the answers for the questions. Textbook 5 mins
To recall the concepts
learned

(Let's Begin - Lab)

Ask students to answer Worksheet question 2. Textbook 10 mins
To recall the concepts
learned

Explain the activity given in the In the lab

section, to the children.

(Let's Learn)
Ask them to complete the columns of the table
4 related to the school computer and give them Textbook 15 mins
To recall the concepts
the table related to home as home work.
learned

Ask students to complete the homework if

they have a computer at home.

(Let's Close)
Divide the class into 3 – 4 groups and assign
the activity given in the Project to different Textbook 5 mins
To recall the concepts
groups of students.
learned

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Answer Key

Q 1.

Q 2.
a. Compact Disc: It is a flat piece of plastic and has a shiny surface on one side. We
can store songs, pictures, games etc. on it.
b. Digital Video Disc: Digital versatile disc or DVD is a storage device that looks like a
CD but can store six times more data.
c. Pen drive: Pen drive is a storage device that can fit in your pocket. It can be plugged
into a computer to transfer documents, pictures, posters etc. from one computer to
another.

Q3.

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Q 4.

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