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Week 01 · What is a computer?

Crew Quest

Crew Quest: Computer hunt
// A machine that follows instructions
⏱ about 15 min

Crew Quest: Computer hunt

It is Saturday at the clubhouse.

Rocket waves a clipboard. "Let us count computers!"

Raven grabs a pencil. "What do you notice at home?"

Nova whirs. "Hint: look for screens."

  1. A computer is a machine that follows instructions.
  2. Laptops, tablets, phones and desktops are computers.
  3. A computer does one step at a time.
  4. Nova lives inside a machine too.
◇ FAMILY COMPUTER HUNT
Walk through your home with a grown-up.
Look for computers: desktop, laptop, tablet, phone.
Point to each one you find.
Say its kind out loud.
Count them together on your fingers.
Which kind did you find the most?
Safety first
Look only. Do not touch cords or plugs.
Ask before you pick anything up.
Plugs and chargers are a grown-up job.
For a grown-up
Ask: what do you notice about each one?
Ask: how do you know it is a computer?
Any machine that follows instructions counts.
HUNT CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What are you hunting for?
You see a flat screen you can touch. What is it?
Who touches the plugs?
SentenceTrue or false?
A laptop counts as a computer.?
A spoon counts as a computer.?
You may pull on a cord to look.?
WHY THIS EXERCISECords stay put. A grown-up handles plugs.
Draw the computers you found at home.

What a hunt! Next week we learn how information goes in.

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