Input & Output Devices
How information gets into a computer and how it comes back out.
What this lesson covers
Input & Output Devices is a 9-part Class 5 Computer Science lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, shows where it is used outside the textbook, names the mistakes that cost marks in an exam, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
An input device sends information into the computer. An output device presents information out to you. The test is simply which way the information is travelling, and getting that direction clear is the whole topic.
The 9 parts
- Information in, information out
- The common devices
- Where storage fits
- Tracing a photograph
- Choosing the right device
- Devices in everyday places
- Where it usually goes wrong
- What to remember
- Watch one worked through
Practise Input & Output Devices
Everything on QuizByt for Class 5 Computer Science that goes with this lesson: read it first, then test yourself while it is fresh.
🧠 14 quizzes on Input & Output Devices (11 easy, 2 medium, 1 hard)
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🖨️ Printable worksheet
Input & Output Devices on paper for Class 5, with room to write the working out. Preview the first page free.
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