Unit outcomes
- Describe how information travels across the internet from a server to a device.
- Explain the roles of browsers, servers and webpages in displaying information online.
- Describe how search engines find, rank and present search results.
- Recognise different types of search results and explain the factors that influence their ranking.
- Refine searches by choosing effective keywords and evaluating the usefulness of search results.
- Compare file sizes and explain why different files take up different amounts of storage space.
- Choose appropriate files to download or delete based on their size and the amount of storage available.
- Compare different types of digital storage and transfer files by uploading and downloading between storage areas.
Lessons
Lesson 1: How websites work
Lesson 2: How search results are ranked
Lesson 3: Searching the web and search results
Lesson 4: Storage and file sizes
Lesson 5: Where to store
Key skills
- Describing how
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Key knowledge
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Key vocabulary
artificial intelligence
browser
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Resources
Unit resources
Computing
Knowledge organiser – Computing Y5: Computing systems
Computing
Vocabulary display – Computing Y5: Computing systems
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language.
Maths: Measurement.
RSE and Health Education: Health and wellbeing – Wellbeing online & Relationships education – Online safety and awareness.
