B5 Computing · Term 2, Week 7
Network Overview
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: B5.6.1.1.2 - Describe how the internet works.
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Define the four network types (PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN) and state one feature of each.
- Arrange the four network types in order from smallest to largest coverage area.
- Explain how the internet is formed when many networks around the world are connected together.
- Describe the journey of a message (such as a photo or a letter) from one device to another across the internet.
- Give one example of everyday activity in Ghana that uses the internet.
Sign in with your phone number to read the full note and download the GES plan - free.
Sign in with phone numberCurriculum details
- Strand
- Internet and Social Media (Strand 6)
- Sub-strand
- Network Overview (6.1)
- Content standard
- B5.6.1.1 - Demonstrate how to Network computers.
- Indicator
- B5.6.1.1.2 - Describe how the internet works.
- Suggested placement
-
Term 2, Week 7
(Week 19 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
- Curriculum reference
-
Computing Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 21
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
Guide learners to distinguish between PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN and Internet.