Length of time:

The groups should get one week to work on this project, one full class period devoted to group work and one previous lesson about the project.

• Bring the major components of a computer (Memory, CPU and a mainboard)

• Ask this question in the class; “How many computers on you now?”

• Prepare this block diagram. Ask this question in the class; “where is the software in this diagram?”

http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AoA/Windows/HTML/SystemOrganization.html

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-computer.htm

http://data.uta.edu/~ramesh/cse3320/chap1.html