Year8Unit4StorageDevices

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 * Unit 4: What are the positive and negative consequences of human ingenuity **

**Unit Question : How and why are gaming cartridges/Cd's devices changing?**
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In this unit the students will learn all about storage devices. This unit will be a short unit where only the investigation and attitude to techology will be assessed. Some of the new vocabulary that the student will learn includes
 * [[image:bmisclass2010/cd2.jpg caption="PS2"]] || [[image:bmisclass2010/cartridge1.jpg caption="Cartridge's"]] || [[image:bmisclass2010/gamingcd.jpg caption="Gaming Cd's"]] ||


 * **Type of Storage medium** ||= **Device** ||= **Device** ||= **Device** ||= **Device** ||= **Device** ||= **Device** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Magnetic ||= Floppy disk ||= Jazz Disk ||= Zip Disks ||=  ||= Tapes ||= Hard Drives ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Optical ||= CD ||= VCD ||= DVD ||= HDD ||= Blu Ray ||=  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Solid State ||= Secure Digitat ||= Compact Flash ||= Flash Sticks ||=  ||=   ||=   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Internal Memory ||= RAM ||= ROM ||=  ||=   ||=   ||=   ||   ||   ||   ||

Students On your wiki page you will upload 2 files for your investigation The worksheet below and the unit question. Make sure that you look at the assessment criteria before you submit the Unit question.


 * Investigation**
 * Task 1 Get a picture for all of the above devices?**
 * Task 2 Fill in below worksheet?**

Answer the Unit question?
 * Task 3**

How and why are gaming cartridges/Cd's devices changing?

 * Extension: Only do this if you are finished early.**
 * Who is winning at the momenet in the computer gaming industry? What is the best selling game first of all and what company has the lions share of the market?**
 * Who is going to win in the battle of the gaming companies in relation to the CD or the cartridge and why?**

Teacher Notes Use flash cards to sort the groups out for the first lesson. H/w for first day Get a picture for each of the above devices

2nd lesson Use flash cards about bit, byte,KB, MB up to ZB and YB. Put these up on wall permanently And fill in the missing gaps on flash cards

3rd lesson Explain worksheet and get them to fill it in

4 Lesson Unit question and look at assesment criteria first. Everyone to get 3 minimum.