OVERVIEW

Activity Overview:

How Does the Internet Work? Learning about networks, protocols, TCP/IP

Meta description

• Subject Area: Computer Science, Technology
• Grade Level : 6-8
• Computer Science Domains:
  • Computing Systems, Networks and The Internet
• Computer Science Principles:
  • Fostering an Inclusive Computing Culture, Collaborating Around Computing, Developing and Using Abstractions, Communicating About Computing
• Materials:
  • Website
• Considerations:
  • Make some handouts of the Pictograph of the Internet process

Lesson Plan

Overview

How Does the Internet Work? Learning about networks, protocols, TCP/IP

ASSESSMENT PRE/POST-TEST

What is the Internet Explain how a computer can connect to the Internet What is a web address called? Define query What is the difference between a domain name and an IP address?

OBJECTIVES

Define the Internet and other terms that relate to the Internet Trace the path that data travels over the Internet

CATCH/HOOK

Break the students into small groups and give them the activity sheet. Activity: Give the students a scenario where they have to figure out a way to get a message from a person in the front of the room to the back of the room without speaking out loud. Imagine that the 1st person is in a different state. They cannot use the telephone to call the person. Start with a video about the Internet: https://youtu.be/xeyLiXRGNaE

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Hook- Activity where students send a message across the room Take Pre-Test Discuss how Messages are sent and received over the Internet Watch Video over How the Internet Works Go through Quizizz to learn vocab terms Work through the Website with a pictograph of how the Internet works Take Post Test https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lIFngRTe6fjX-gozSQwjNUhLnjySmYHLz9CL1uCZJKo/edit?usp=sharing

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REVIEW

Have students create an exit ticket with the path a message will take to get from user to user

STANDARDS