LESSON PLAN

Name: Therese Lilly

SUBJECT Information Technology
DATE:
GRADE:
TOPIC: Memory
SUB-TOPIC: Main Memory

General Objective: Students will develop an understanding of the importance of main

memory.

Specific Objective: Students should be able to:

Cognitive
1. explain the function of memory
2. state the types of memory
3. give examples of each type
4. differentiate between a bit, a byte, a word and a word size
5. differentiate between RAM and ROM
6. explain at least two functions of:
i. RAM
ii. ROM
7. state advantage of flash memory
8. tell the difference between storage device and storage media
9. compare types of storage media with respect to portability, speed
and capacity
Affective
10. assess the importance of memory in the functioning of a
computer system
11. assess the importance of:
i. primary storage
ii. secondary storage

Instructional Material: Texts:

1. Information Technology Made Simple by George King pg.
2. Oxford Information Technology for CXC by Glenda Gay

Projector + Laptop
 Motherboard
RAM chips

Methodology: Discussion
Illustration
Group work
Brainstorming
Questioning

Content

Main memory is the computers short term memory; it is volatile, that is, it loses its contents when the
computer is turned off or malfunctions. Main memory is also known as Memory, Immediate Access
Storage and primary storage. Main memory is the functional unit of a computer that stores data being
processed by the CPU. It also facilitates the retrieval of data, instructions and information from secondary
storage.

Secondary storage, also called auxiliary storage, backing storage or mass storage. Secondary storage is
non-volatile, that is, data stored is not lost when the computer is turned off. The main function of
storage is to hold data

See attached presentation

Procedures:

Step 1 Teacher will brainstorm students to extract from them their experiential knowledge of
memory/main memory (reference to human memory long and short term)
Students responses will be recorded on white board.

Step 2: Students and teacher will go through presentation. Information presented will be discussed and
additional explanation given to clarify concepts. Students recorded responses will be checked
against information presented in presentation.

Step 3: Students will be shown motherboard and asked to identify the CPU, RAM chip slop and the
ROM chip. If students are unable to identify them, teacher will help students in identifying and
locating them. Students will also be shown RAM chips. The different types of RAM chip will
be discussed.

Summary:
Students and teacher will summarize the main points of the lesson. This will be done through
questioning.
Culminating activity:

Students will be given questions to complete individually.

Questions
1. Given one similarity and one difference between RAM and ROM
2. State two advantages of flash memory
3. Explain one function of RAM and ROM
4. Explain the importance of cache memory
5. What is the difference between PROM and EPROM

LESSON PLAN
Name: Therese Lilly
SUBJECT Information Technology
DATE:
GRADE:
TOPIC: Memory
SUB-TOPIC: Main Memory
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