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Coding · Ages 5+ · Set A
Inputs and outputs
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Remember: We put things in with a keyboard, a mouse or a microphone. Things come out on a screen or a speaker.

The parts of a computer

A grown-up reads each question aloud. Listen to the little story first.

Grandpa's talking cardNia made a talking card for Grandpa. She whispered into the speaker, but nothing happened. The microphone listens, so it is an in. The screen shows the card and the speaker plays a song, so they are outs.
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Which part do we type letters with?
🖱️Mouse⌨️Keyboard🔊Speaker
2
Which part shows us the card?
🖥️Screen🎤Microphone⌨️Keyboard
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Which part plays the happy song?
🖥️Screen🖱️Mouse🔊Speaker
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Is a microphone an in?
YesNo
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Is the speaker an in?
YesNo
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Is the mouse an out?
YesNo

In and out

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Circle the ins. (circle every one)
⌨️Keyboard🖥️Screen🎤Microphone🔊Speaker🖱️Mouse
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Join each part to what it does.
  1. 1⌨️ Keyboard
  2. 2🎤 Microphone
  3. 3🖥️ Screen
  4. 4🔊 Speaker
  • Aplays sound
  • Bshows pictures
  • Ctypes letters in
  • Dhears our voice
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What does out mean?
🗣️We tell the computer⚫The computer is off📤Something comes out of the computer
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Why did the speaker not hear Nia?
📏She was too far away🔊It only plays sound🤫She was too quiet
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Draw a computer with a screen and a keyboard.
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Draw a machine at home and how you tell it things.
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Answer key · Set A
Inputs and outputs
1Keyboard We type letters in with the keyboard.
2Screen The screen shows things to us.
3Speaker The speaker plays sound, and it talks back to us.
4Yes Yes. Our voice goes in through the microphone.
5No No. The speaker is an out. It plays sound for us.
6No No. A mouse is an in. A click tells the computer where to go.
7Keyboard, Microphone, Mouse The keyboard, the microphone and the mouse are ins. We tell the computer things with them.
81-C, 2-D, 3-B, 4-A Ins tell the computer things. Outs tell us things.
9Something comes out of the computer Out means something comes out of the computer, like a picture or a sound.
10It only plays sound The speaker plays sound out. The microphone is the part that hears us.
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