Jesuit Memorial College, Mbodo Aluu Lesson Note Plan

JESUIT MEMORIAL COLLEGE, MBODO ALUU
LESSON NOTE PLAN
WEEK: 3 TERM: First
DATE: SUBJECT: ICT PERIOD: 5&7

NAME: Ntah Kelvin CLASS: JSS 1 AVERAGE AGE: 11 Years
DURATION OF LESSON: 40 Minutes
TOPIC: History development of computers cont.d
BEHAVIOURAL OBJECTIVES: (cognitive, affective and Psychomotor)
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to;
1. perform simple computation using the early counting devices
2. Name mechanical counting and calculating devices.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
PC, internet, computer studies text book, and projector.
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE:
Students are familiar with the evolution of information and communication technology.
CONTENT:
1. State the problems in counting large numbers with those devices.
2. Mechanical counting and calculating devices.
INTRODUCTION
The history of computers could be traced to the early days with the use of various counting
devices for counting and computational purposes. The counting devices includes:
 Early counting devices.
 Mechanical counting and calculating devices.
 Electro-mechanical counting devices.
 Electronic counting devices and modern computers.
PRESENTATION: (step by step exposition of the material)

STEP 1: Perform simple computation using the early counting devices
Man need to keep track of things - whether it was the number of things, the measure of distance,
or weight, or time. He used the digits of his hands as the first counting device. From this was born
our decimal number system based on 10.
There were several systems for representing numbers. The Romans used symbols for certain
numbers like so:
 I-1
 V-5
 X - 10
 L - 50
 C - 100
 D - 500
 M - 1000
The number 128 would be written as CXXVIII. Even the simplest arithmetic operation like
addition was difficult to perform using Roman numerals. The present number system based on
position was widely used in India and was later introduced to the West by Arab traders.
STEP 2: Mechanical Counting and calculating devices:
Abacus, Napier's Bones, Slide Rule
Abacus: The abacus was one of the first adding machines. The abacus is made out of
beads strung by several wires. The position of a bead determines its value. Thus a few beads
are required to represent large numbers. Contrast this to the Roman system of counting where
different symbols were used to represent larger and larger numbers.
Napier bones: John Napier (1550-1617), a Scottish mathematician, created logarithm tables
to facilitate calculations. He also created a device using rods, called Napier's bones, to perform
arithmetical calculations. These rods were widely used by accountants and bookkeepers.
Slide rule: Several people used the concept of logarithms to develop the slide rule. In
particular, mention must be made of a French artillery officer Amedee Mannheim (1831-
1906) who introduced the movable double sided cursor on the slide rule. With a modern slide
rule you could not only perform the arithmetic operations, you could also calculate squares,
square roots, logs, sine, cosine, and tangent calculations. The slide rule was used till the
middle 70's.
CONTEXTUALIZATION (of the material of the classroom situation)

The teacher uses the computer system, projector and e-board to display pictures and describe
the early counting devices.
STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT IN THE LESSON
The students are engaged with identifying the different inventions and also engaged with a
video about the evolution of technology.
REVIEW (by teachers and students of familiar materials):
1. What is used in the early days to keep track of days?
2. which counting device was also used for purchase of goods in the early days?
EVALUATION (in three learning domains…. Cognitive, affective, psychomotor)
QUESTIONS:
1. Name 3 mechanical counting and calculating devices and state their inventors.
CONCLUSION: Early counting devices (Definition and Examples) The history and
development of computer can be traced back to the studies of Mathematics which started with
counting. The history of Mathematics is the history of civilization. The problems posted by
these early counting and data processing method were enormous. The major problem with
these devices was that they could not be used for counting large numbers efficiently. These
has led to various computing inventions in search for a tool that could enable man meet his
computational and data processing needs until we have the computer today. It was in the
process of finding solutions to the problem of counting that early counting devices emerged.
These devices includes fingers, toes, stones, sticks, pebbles, cowries etc. Examples of fingers
and toes method of calculation is seen below; As time went on, fingers and toes method
became ineffective, especially for large numbers, hence, the emergence of counting and
solving basic arithmetic problems with the use of stones and sticks.

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JESUIT MEMORIAL COLLEGE, MBODO ALUU

LESSON NOTE PLAN

WEEK: 3 TERM: First

DATE: SUBJECT: ICT PERIOD: 5&7

PRESENTATION: (step by step exposition of the material)

CONTEXTUALIZATION (of the material of the classroom situation)

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