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Key Questions. 1. How does the Internet work?
2. What is the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?
3. Can you use effective search techniques to find information on the Internet?
4. What are ‘list variables’ and how can we use them to help us prepare a quiz for other children.
5. What is ‘abstraction’ in Computing?
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Fact Box 1. (Information taken from :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7wtb9q/articles/z3tbgk7
1. The global computer network called the internet is part of our everyday lives at home and at school.
It is made up of millions of computers all over the world that are digitally connected to each other by cable, fibre or wireless links. You can use the internet to browse websites, communicate with people, download pictures and videos, listen to music or do lots of other amazing things.
2. The world wide web (‘www’ or ‘web’ for short) is a collection of webpages found on this network of computers. Your web browser uses the internet to access the web.
3. Decide what you want to find out when searching the Internet. Be as clear as you can with what you type in, use keywords, quotation marks and check the names of the sites which are shown, so that you can be fairly sure that the results and information are as accurate as possible.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7wtb9q/articles/z3tbgk7
1. The global computer network called the internet is part of our everyday lives at home and at school.
It is made up of millions of computers all over the world that are digitally connected to each other by cable, fibre or wireless links. You can use the internet to browse websites, communicate with people, download pictures and videos, listen to music or do lots of other amazing things.
2. The world wide web (‘www’ or ‘web’ for short) is a collection of webpages found on this network of computers. Your web browser uses the internet to access the web.
3. Decide what you want to find out when searching the Internet. Be as clear as you can with what you type in, use keywords, quotation marks and check the names of the sites which are shown, so that you can be fairly sure that the results and information are as accurate as possible.
Fact Box 2.
1. List variables are variables in which you can store identifiable pieces of information which can be retrieved and shown on screen by specifying their position in the list. They consist of numbers paired with items.
2. You can use list variables to store questions and answers for a quiz, then use the other type of variable in ‘Scratch’ to keep score of correct answers.
3. ‘Abstraction’ in Computing means removing unnecessary detail.
1. List variables are variables in which you can store identifiable pieces of information which can be retrieved and shown on screen by specifying their position in the list. They consist of numbers paired with items.
2. You can use list variables to store questions and answers for a quiz, then use the other type of variable in ‘Scratch’ to keep score of correct answers.
3. ‘Abstraction’ in Computing means removing unnecessary detail.
Vocabulary
list variable
abstraction
perseverance
collaboration
tinkering
World Wide Web
Internet
digitally connected
list variable
abstraction
perseverance
collaboration
tinkering
World Wide Web
Internet
digitally connected
