IT Essentials ClassDelta-Schoolcraft CTELearn

Lesson 1.1 · Opening

Computer components and their functions

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What are we learning?

Identify the main computer parts and explain what each one does.

How are we learning it?

  • Bell Ringer
  • Class discussion
  • Inspect computer parts: browser or hands-on lab

How do I know when I’ve learned it?

Without notes, I can correctly name five main computer parts and explain each part’s job.

Learning targets
  • Identify

    I can recognize the CPU, RAM, storage, graphics, and motherboard in a computer.

  • Explain

    I can describe each component’s job and distinguish RAM from storage.

  • Connect · Optional extension

    I can explain how computer components work together when opening and saving a file.

Instructor planning · Goal, objectives & learning depth

Goal: Build an accurate mental model of a computer before configuring or servicing it.

Audience: IT Essentials high-school juniors and seniors.

Action: identify RAM, CPU/APU, graphics, physical storage, and motherboard and explain each primary function.

Conditions: Given a new instructor-selected component image set or approved training desktop, with the answer key closed.

Successful evidence: All five component groups have accurate names and matching function explanations; covered or integrated parts are identified using documentation rather than invented visual claims.

Core: Remember and Understand. Identifying taught parts may be DOK 1; explaining relationships such as RAM versus storage may require DOK 2. The browser assignment records five supported findings after inspection, with retries. It does not verify independent physical skill or exact hardware specifications. The approved hands-on inventory remains a separate choice with model-specific supervision. Document accessibility and final visual review remain release checks.

Vocabulary games support practice; finishing a game does not establish independent understanding or physical servicing skill. Formal grading remains outside this site.

Study the 15 lesson vocabulary terms

How do you want to study?

Touch, mouse, or keyboard. No grades or saved progress. Optional timer and temporary game points in Describe It!

15 terms · Free practice

Study settings

Practice at your own pace. No grades or saved results.

Read this lesson

Lesson draft · Choose a virtual browser lab or a hands-on worksheet in Lab. Hands-on work requires instructor approval. Worksheet accessibility review is still in progress.