Computers Are Everywhere

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective

Students will identify places where computers are used and describe how computers help people at home, school, and in the community.

Teaching Notes

• Use a picture walk (store, hospital, library, bus) and ask: “Where is the computer helping?”
• Define “computer” as a tool that follows instructions to help people do tasks.
• Keep examples familiar (phones, tablets, school laptops, cash registers).
• Remind students that computers can be inside other machines (like microwaves).

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Computers are not only on desks. They can be in classrooms, stores, cars, and even inside some machines. People use computers to learn, play, talk, and solve problems.

Computer Vocabulary and Definition

• — An electronic tool that follows instructions to do a job.
• — A piece of technology you can use, like a tablet or phone.
• — The part that shows pictures and words.
• — A set of instructions that tells a computer what to do.
• — Tools people make to help them do things.

Computer QA

1. Name one place you might see a computer at school.

2. Name one place you might see a computer at a store.

3. What part of a computer shows pictures and words?

4. True or False: Only adults use computers.

5. What device can you use to call or text?

6. What device is bigger than a phone and uses a touch screen?

7. Why might a doctor use a computer?

8. Why might a bus driver use a computer?

9. True or False: A computer can be inside a microwave.

10. What is technology?

11. What is a program?

12. Name one computer you might have at home.

13. How can computers help you learn?

14. How can computers help people talk to each other?

15. What device might a cashier use?

16. What device might you use to watch a movie?

17. True or False: Computers are only used for games.

18. Name one computer you might see in a car.

19. What should you do before using a computer in class?

20. Who can help you if a computer is not working?

Computer Prtactices

• Circle the places that use computers: school, beach, hospital, store, library.
• Draw a picture of a place where a computer helps people. Label it with one sentence.
• Match the device to the place: tablet—home, register—store, laptop—school.
• Class talk: Share one way computers help your family.

Reflection

• Where did you see a computer today?
• How did the computer help someone?