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UNIT 7

Health, Safety and Ethics

Aim:
To be aware of health problems which may be caused by
computer use

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:

• List health problems which may be caused by the use

of computers
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Health, Safety and Ethics

Use of computers and health problems

Working too long on the computer

can cause health problems.

Some health problems when working too long on computers:

Neck pain Back pain Wrist pain

Head ache Painful eyes

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UNIT 8

Evaluation

At the end of this unit, I can

List health problems which may be caused

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by the use of computers

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Teacher’s Notes

General Notes

to be done in the book.

to be done on the computer.

• An evaluation section is found at the end of each topic to note

progress of pupils.

• All computer activities have been designed to be used with

Windows 7 and Office 2007.

Chapter 1: COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Page 6: Teacher may use other examples to explain the concept of

input-output.

Page 8-9: The pictures in the green boxes on the left shows the
advantages of using computers. Pictures in red boxes on the right are to
be used for comparison.

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Chapter 2: COMPUTER OPERATIONS

In this chapter, examples have been given for:

1. Renaming a folder
2. Deleting a file
3. Restoring a file

Teacher should inform pupils that:

• a file can be renamed using same instructions as Renaming a folder

• folders can be deleted and restored using same instructions as for
deleting and restoring a file
• when a folder is deleted, its content, if any are also deleted.

Page 17: the folder created has been named Grade 3 and all documents
(Word, Excel, Powerpoint, MS Paint etc…) will be saved in this folder.

Teacher may use other names such as Grade 3 Red or other names
depending on number of streams at school and also the number of
computers available. Same applies for file names.

Chapter 3: WORD PROCESSING

Page 27: Teacher should elaborate on using meaningful file names.

Page 32: Teacher should ensure that the clipart used in the activity is
available on the computer before starting the lesson.

Page 35: Teacher may carry out the example on the computer so that
pupils understand better.

Pupils may be given other small activities to consolidate the ‘Saving a

file’ and ‘Inserting clipart’ sections

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Chapter 4: SPREADSHEET

Page 66: The mouse may also be used to select (highlight) cells depending
on ability of pupils.

Page 74: Teacher may carry out a simple activity to demonstrate the
different alignments.

Chapter 5: PRESENTATION

Page 86: Pictures must be pre-loaded in the Grade 3 folder on the

desktop before starting the activity.

Chapter 6: INTERNET

Pages 97, 99 and 102: Teacher is free to use other web sites for
explanation purposes.

Chapter 7: MULTIMEDIA

Page 114: Picture must be pre-loaded in the Grade 3 folder on the

desktop before starting the activity.

Pupils may be given other small activities to consolidate use of MS Paint.

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