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New Mexico Foundations of Computer Science

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Lesson 4.2 Internet Hardware

Description

In this lesson, students will explore the hardware that makes up the internet and the characteristics of that hardware that define our experience on the internet.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Discuss and answer questions about the hardware that powers the internet

Enduring Understandings

This lesson builds toward the following Enduring Understandings (EUs) and Learning Objectives (LOs). Students should understand that?

  • EU 2.1 A variety of abstractions built on binary sequences can be used to represent all digital data. (LO 2.1.1)
  • EU 6.1 The Internet is a network of autonomous systems. (LO 6.1.1)
  • EU 6.2 Characteristics of the Internet influence the systems built on it. (LOs 6.2.1, 6.2.2)

Activities

These are all the activities included in the lesson

4.2.1 Hardware of the Internet
4.2.2 Internet Hardware Quiz
4.2.3 The Internet is in the Ocean