Semester 1

 

Year 9 Computing Studies Assignments

Your assignments should be handwritten.

 Limit each assignment to one A4 page

 

 

 

1. Cut out pictures from magazines, newspapers and advertisements of computer hardware, stick them on your A4 sheet and label them. You should have pictures of monitors, system boxes, mouse, modem, printers. Due Friday 16^th February

 

2. Cut out pictures from magazines, newspapers and advertisements of computer software, stick them on your A4 sheet and label them. You should have pictures of wordprocessor, graphics, spreadsheet, database, communications and games. Due Friday 2^nd March

 

 

3. Cut out job advertisements from the newspaper that involve people using computers, stick them on your A4 sheet. You should have jobs for engineers, data processors, managers and technicians. Due Friday 16^th March

 

 

4. Look in the newspaper for computer systems for sale. Find five(5) ads and stick them on your A4 sheet. What do you think are the most important things to look at when you want to buy a computer? Due Friday 30^th March

 

 

5. Find out about Charles Babbage. What did he do? Due Friday 11^th May

 

 

6. Find out about Ada Augusta Byron or Countess Lovelace? What did she do? Due Friday 25^th May

 

 

7. Early computing devices were the abacus, Napier's rods and the slide rule. Find out about these devices. Due Friday 8^th June

 

 

8. Find out about the history of the QWERTY keyboard. Are there any other types? Due Friday 22^nd June

Your assignment should demonstrate your researching and organisational skills. The reason for handwritten assignments is that you are limited to handwriting your answers in exams.