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Networks and communications unplugged
A scheme of work which although aimed at the upper end of Key Stage 2, is also suitable for delivery at the bottom end of Key Stage 3. The scheme contains a whole host of unplugged and plugged activities surrounding networks and communications, including the difference between the internet and the world wide web, understanding how data travels across the internet, protocols associated with data transfer, packet switching, understanding IP addresses, binary numbering (and how this is applied to IP addresses), searching the internet, and how search engines work. Each of these lesson plans comes with detailed explanations of the underlying ideas and with suggestions to how these might be taught, there are also copious links to ways in which progress could be tracked and progress demonstrated, along with other links to relevant material.
Mark Dorling is the author of this resource.
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Networks unplugged 2.69 MB
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Tube map (appendix 1) 526.16 KB
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Denary to binary (appendix 2) 485.25 KB
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School website (appendix 3) 827.5 KB
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Postcodes (appendix 4) 28 KB
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IP addresses (appendix 5) 13.19 KB
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Packets (IP addresses) (appendix 7) 14.83 KB
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Binary of IP addresses (appendix 10-14) 492.88 KB
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Search engine (appendix 11) 7.13 MB
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Networks unplugged 2.69 MB -
Tube map (appendix 1) 526.16 KB -
Denary to binary (appendix 2) 485.25 KB
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School website (appendix 3) 827.5 KB -
Postcodes (appendix 4) 28 KB
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IP addresses (appendix 5) 13.19 KB
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Packets (IP addresses) (appendix 7) 14.83 KB
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Binary of IP addresses (appendix 10-14) 492.88 KB
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Search engine (appendix 11) 7.13 MB
Download all files as a .zip12.03 MB
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