Connecting the Dots: Networks and the Internet · Networks & Security
Understanding Local Networks
An introduction to how devices in a school or home talk to each other through a central hub or router.
Key Questions
- 1How does a message travel from one computer to another in our classroom?
- 2What would happen to our work if the school network stopped functioning?
- 3How do we distinguish between hardware that connects us and hardware that stores our data?
National Curriculum Attainment Targets
KS2: Computing - Computer NetworksKS2: Computing - Information Technology
Year: Year 3
Subject: Computing
Unit: Connecting the Dots: Networks and the Internet
Period: Networks & Security
Suggested Methodologies
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