Input, Output and Sensor Devices
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Question types: multiple choice, true or false, fill the gap, sorting, label the diagram.
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Which of these devices is a sensor — an input device that measures something around it automatically, without a person pressing anything?
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About this resource
Computing — Inside the Machine, Lesson 3 of 6. Input devices, output devices and sensors (a kind of input device), and choosing the right device for a job.
15 slides.
Lesson outline
- Hook — Who Pressed the Button?
- Do Now — Retrieval
- Keywords for This Lesson
- In and Out — Where Devices Fit
- Six Devices — In or Out?
- Hinge Check — Input or Output?
- Task 1 (guided) — Input or Output?
- Input AND Output — the Touchscreen
- Sensors — Input Without a Person
- Hinge Check — Which Part Is the Input?
- Choosing the Right Device
- Task 2 (semi-guided) — Match the Device to the Job
Unit bundleInside the Machine
