FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR COMPUTER SS1

ss1 FirstTerm Computer Curriculum

Senior Secondary School Curriculum Computer Studies – Edudelight.com

Lagos State Scheme of work Computer Studies ss1 First Term

Week 1 – 3 – FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER Constituents of a computer

1. Hard ware: System unit, Peripherals
2. Soft ware: System software, Application software
3. Characteristics of a computer with computer Terminology

Week 4 -5 – DATA AND INFORMATION

• Definitions of data and information
• Examples of data and information
• Differences between data and information
• How the computer process data
• Diagrammatic representation of a computer

Week 6 -8 – COMPUTATION DEVICES I (PRE-COMPUTER AGE TO 19^th CENTURY)

• The Abacus
• Features, components and uses
• Napier’s Bone
• Features, components and uses
• Slide Rule
• Features, components and uses
• Pascal’s Calculator, Leibnitz multipliers, Jacquards
• Loom Charles Babbage
• Difference and Analytic engine, Augusta Ada Byron, Hollerith Census machine,
• Punched cards, Burroughs, the comptometer and the cash register.

Week 9 10 – COMPUTING DEVICES II (20^th CENTURY TO DATE)

• Antanasoft Berry computer, Electronic Numerical integrator and calculator
• Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
• Universal Automatic Computer
• Desktop Personal Computer
• Laptops and Notebooks
• Difference between laptop and Notebooks
• Other forms of portable device.

Week 11: Revision

Week 12. Examination