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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Year 7 – Design & Technology (Memory Storage Devices)


For general background information to get you started try Encyclopaedia Britannica on line


Click on library catalogue/e-resources and search Britannica -you will find information at three different levels



Number One – Flash drives


Search howstuffworks
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/
Inside This Article:


1. Introduction to How Flash Memory Works

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm
2. Flash memory: tunneling and erasing



4. Memory standards



Information from the BBC for schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev1.shtml
A computer uses two types of storage:

- A main store, consisting of ROM and RAM, and
- Backing stores, which can be internal (a hard disk) or external (eg, floppy disk or CD)


Inside This Article:


ROM and RAM


Internal backing store
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev3.shtml

External backing stores: magnetic disks






A diagram and explanation of how an MP3 player functions. The explanation seems very high order language, though the students may be able to use the diagram to explain how it is used.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/mp3.htm
Simplified version with a video link explaining how an MP3 player works.