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Week 05 · Remembering

Crew Quest

Crew Quest: Table and shelf
// Memory and storage
⏱ about 15 min

Crew Quest: Table and shelf

Saturday! Rocket points at the table.

"That is memory," he says. "Shelves are storage."

Raven asks, "What do you notice at home?"

Nova beeps. "Hint: what gets cleared at night?"

  1. Memory is the work table for open work.
  2. Storage is the shelf for saved files.
  3. Save often and use good names.
◇ TABLE AND SHELF HUNT
Find a table used for work or play.
Find a shelf that keeps things.
Put a drawing on the table. Say "memory".
Move it to the shelf. Say "saved".
Name three things that live on shelves.
Talk about what gets tidied each night.
Safety first
Ask before you touch things on a shelf.
Do not climb to reach high shelves.
A grown-up moves heavy things.
For a grown-up
Ask: what did you notice?
Ask: which things stay on the shelf for weeks?
Talk about saving work before closing an app.
HUNT CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
The table in your game stood for what?
The shelf stood for what?
Moving the drawing to the shelf is like what?
SentenceTrue or false?
A table gets cleared. Memory gets cleared too.?
Things on a shelf vanish at night.?
Saving keeps your work.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEShelves keep things, like storage keeps files.
Draw your favorite shelf. Label it storage.

Great hunting, crew! Next week we power up.

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