MUKUMBWA SECONDARY SCHOOL

COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN
Teacher: MUSONDA K INNOCENT Date: 16/05/2024
Class: 11A Time: 08:00 hrs
Subject: COMPUTER STUDIES Duration: 80 Min
Topic: Logic gates, circuits and Website designing No. Of Students:
Females: ………
Subtopic: Logic gates and Circuits Males: …………
REFERENCES: Longman Computer Studies grade 10 Pupil’s book pages 30 – 32
Internet resource
RATIONALE:
Content: Pupils are learning on number systems
Value: This lesson is important because it will learners on the importance of Maintenance of Data integrity
in the computer system.
Methods: The following methods will be used; teacher exposition and class discussion.
Position: This is the fourth lesson in the series of seven.
OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES: Having taught the lesson, students should.
 Define functions of Five types of logic gates
 Recognize logic gates symbols (Include: AND, OR, NOR, NAND, NOT
TEACHING/LEARNING MATERIALS: Chalkboard, projector and simulator software.
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Pupils have switched on an electronic bulb before.

LESSON DEVELOPMENT
STEP/ CONTENT/LESSON NOTES TEACHER LEARNER Teaching
TIME ACTIVITY ACTIVITY methods
STEP 1 Introduction Connect bulbs to Observe what Demonstration
10 min Start the lesson by grouping learners and a simple switch happens and constructivism
demonstrate how the switch bulb works. and switch on and make
off conclusions
Identifying logic gates symbols Demonstration
STEP 2 A logic gate is a physical device that Demonstrate on the Pay attention
10 min implements a simple Boolean function. They simulator on the and deduce the
form the hardware basis on which digital five logic gates logical
computers are built. Logic gates are also operations operations
called logic circuits. The elementary logic
circuits are:
 NOT gate
A F=
A NOT gate is also known as an Inverter or
Complement. This is because it produce a 1
when an input is 0 and produces a 0 when an
input is 1.
  OR gate

A
B F=A+B
A basic OR gate works with two inputs and
one output. The output of the OR gate is true
(logical 1) when either one or both inputs are Demonstrate on the Pay attention
logical ones (1s) and is false if both inputs are simulator on the and deduce the
(0) five logic gates logical
operations operations
 AND gate

A basic AND logic gate operates with two

inputs and one output. The output of an AND
gate is a logical 1, only when both inputs are
logical 1s and is false (0) when all inputs or
either one are (0).
 NOR gate

Demonstration

The NOR gate is formed by connecting an

Inverter (NOT gate) at the output of an OR
gate. This gate produces complementary
output to the OR gate.

 NAND gate

The NAND gate is formed by connecting an

Inverter (NOT gate) at the output of a NAND
gate. This gate produces complementary
output to the AND gate
Exercise Give learners an Answer the
Complete the following gates by writing the exercise to given
appropriate output. practice in class questions in
their note
(a) 0 F= books
1 Problem
(b)
0 F = ………
solving
1
(c) F =………..
1
0
(d) 1 F=

CONCLUSION: Conclude the lesson by giving pupils notes. (5 min)

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SELF EVALUATION: ……………………………..…………………………………………………………
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