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Coding · Ages 5+ · Set A
What is a computer?
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Remember: A computer is a machine that follows instructions from people. It has a chip, and it needs power.

Computers and not computers

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Nia's tabletNia's tablet was dark. Grandpa said, a tablet is a computer. A computer is a machine with a tiny chip. It follows steps that people give it. It needs power to wake up, so Grandpa plugged it in. Then Nia tapped a song.
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Which one is a computer?
⚽A ball💻A laptop🥄A spoon
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Which one is not a computer?
🎮A game player📱A tablet👟A shoe
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Circle every computer.
📱A tablet🧸A teddy bear🎮A game player📕A book💻A laptop
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A spoon has a chip inside, so it is a computer.
TrueFalse
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Does a computer think and wish?
YesNo
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Bo has a computer inside him.
TrueFalse

What a computer needs

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What woke up the tablet?
👆Tapping and tapping📢A loud shout🔌Power from a plug
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Join each one to what it is.
  1. 1A computer
  2. 2A chip
  3. 3Power
  • Athe tiny part inside
  • Blets it wake up
  • Ca machine that follows steps
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Who picked the song?
📱The tablet👴Grandpa👧Nia
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Number how the tablet woke up.
  • Nia taps a song
  • Nia taps and nothing happens
  • The screen glows
  • Grandpa plugs it in
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Draw a computer you can find at home.
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Draw something that is not a computer.
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Answer key · Set A
What is a computer?
1A laptop A laptop has a chip inside and follows steps. A ball and a spoon do not.
2A shoe A shoe has no chip and no steps.
3A tablet, A game player, A laptop A tablet, a game player and a laptop each have a chip. A teddy bear and a book do not.
4False No. A spoon has no chip and no steps, so it just sits there.
5No No. A computer only follows the steps people give it.
6True Yes. Even a robot like Bo has a computer inside, with a little glowing chip.
7Power from a plug Nia tapped and tapped, but a computer needs power to wake up. Grandpa plugged it in.
81-C, 2-A, 3-B A computer is a machine with a tiny chip, and it needs power.
9Nia Nia tapped the song, and that tap was her instruction. The tablet followed it.
104, 1, 3, 2 The tablet needed power first. Then the screen glowed, and Nia tapped a song.
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