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How Computers Work Series 5 Unit Bundle
Original price was: $60.00.$48.00Current price is: $48.00.
Give your students the tools to understand, explore, and thrive in a digital world—all while making your tech lessons easier to plan and more fun to teach.
How Computers Work Series 5 Unit Bundle
Original price was: $60.00.$48.00Current price is: $48.00.
Description
Ready to give your students a rock-solid understanding of computer science concepts—even in the elementary grades? This How Computers Work 5-Unit Bundle is a complete, grade-level–appropriate technology lesson series designed to help K–5 students understand the systems behind the screens they use every day.
Covering foundational computer science topics like hardware, input/output, files, networks, the internet, cybersecurity, and even artificial intelligence, this series builds students’ tech fluency step by step.
🧠 What’s Included:
This bundle includes five full units (each with 6 engaging lessons) progressing from Kindergarten through 5th grade. Aligned with ISTE Standards and ideal for Computer Science Week, Hour of Code, or any time of year!
✨ Unit Breakdown:
Unit 1: The Basics (K–1)
📌 What is a computer?
📌 How do keyboards and touchscreens work?
📌 What happens when you click a mouse?
📌 Simple hardware and coding concepts
Unit 2: How Computers Communicate (Grades 1–2)
📡 What is Wi-Fi and how do computers connect?
🌐 What happens when you type a website or press print?
☁️ Cloud vs. local storage
💾 RAM vs. storage made simple
Unit 3: How We Use Files (Grades 2–3)
🗂️ What are file types and how do we save, attach, and delete files?
🔐 Password safety and file security
🌍 How files travel across the internet
Unit 4: The Internet & Security (Grades 3–4)
🔗 How do links, search engines, and ads work?
🔒 Introduction to cybersecurity, HTTPS, and cookies
🛡️ Safe browsing habits for kids
Unit 5: Behind the Scenes (Grades 4–5)
🧠 What is a CPU and how does it solve problems?
🖥️ Operating systems, pixels, and graphics
🤖 What is Artificial Intelligence and how do computers learn?
💾 What happens when you press ‘shut down’?
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- Hardware Systems & Information Flow – How Computers Work Series Unit 5 Original price was: $10.00.Current price is: .
🧩 Why Teachers Love This Bundle:
✅ Spiral Curriculum: Builds knowledge from simple to advanced with age-appropriate vocabulary
✅ Tech Integration Made Easy: Perfect for computer lab, library media, or STEM rotation
✅ Student-Friendly Format: Visuals, analogies, and examples designed for young learners
✅ Prep-Free Lessons: Just display and go!
Product Terms:
Copyright © Brittany Washburn 2025.
Downloading this file entitles you to ONE classroom use. You may use this with multiple classes but may not share with any other teachers. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this file are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. If multiple licenses are needed for use my more than one teacher or in more than one computer lab, send them here to download the file.
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Additional information
| Resource Type | Bundle, Digital Activity, Lesson/Unit, Printable |
|---|---|
| Format | Google Apps |
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What teachers said on TPT
Rated 5.0 out of 5 by 3 teachers on Teachers Pay Teachers.
“This bundle has helped me introduce how computers work topic to all K-5 grade levels. Each lesson is not very long so ideal for 30 min or less class time. And has some great offline resources.”
— Amanda R., TPT review
“This has some great ideas. Each lesson covers two grade levels, so you can choose what to teach and what to use the following year for review. Thank you for creating this helpful resource.”
— North GA Educator, TPT review
“This is a great resource for a K-5 tech teacher! Thank you!”
— Kory D., TPT review
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