🎯 Learning Intention
I will explain how early electronic computers evolved from mechanical machines and describe how circuits and logic gates make modern computing possible.
✅ Success Criteria
- I can identify key innovations that led to electronic computing.
- I can describe how binary logic is represented with electricity.
- I can connect historical developments to the components we use today.
🌍 Why We’re Learning This
Every chip in your Chromebook traces its roots to these early breakthroughs.
Understanding the story of computers helps you see why today’s hardware looks and behaves the way it does.
⏰ Warm-Up (10 min)
“What invention or technology do you think changed the world the most—and why?”
Write 2–3 sentences in your Tech Journal, then share one aloud.
🎬 Mini-Lesson & Viewing (25 min) — Crash Course Ep 2: Electronic Computing
- Brief intro: recap Ep 1 (Early Computing Machines).
- Watch Crash Course Computer Science #2 (9 min 43 sec).
- Pause twice for guided notes:
- 4:10 mark: Logic gates and binary decisions.
- 7:50 mark: Transistors and the shift to microchips.
Detailed Notes to Model:
- Vacuum tubes → transistors → integrated circuits.