Phone and Tablet

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will compare phones and tablets, identify common parts (touchscreen, camera, microphone, speaker), and use them safely and responsibly.

Teaching Notes

• Compare size and uses: phone for calling; tablet for bigger screen work.
• Explain that both are computers that use touch input.
• Review safety: time limits, careful handling, asking before downloading.
• Practice gestures: tap, swipe, pinch (if available).

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Phones and tablets are small computers you can carry. They use a touchscreen for input and output. Many have a camera, microphone, and speakers to take pictures and play sound.

Computer Vocabulary and Definition

• — A screen you touch to control the device.
• — Move your finger across the screen to scroll or change pages.
• — A part that takes photos or videos.
• — A part that records sound.
• — A place to get apps with an adult’s help.

Computer QA

1. What is a touchscreen?
2. What does swipe mean?
3. What does a camera do?
4. What does a microphone do?
5. What is an app store?
6. True or False: A phone and a tablet are both computers.
7. True or False: You should download apps without asking.
8. Which is usually smaller: phone or tablet?
9. Which often has a bigger screen: phone or tablet?
10. What part plays sound?
11. What is one way to keep a device safe?
12. What should you do if the screen is dirty?
13. What gesture can make a page move up or down?
14. What can you use to talk to someone far away?
15. What can you use to read an e‑book on a big screen?
16. If you take a photo, what part did you use?
17. If you record your voice, what part did you use?
18. Why should you take breaks from screens?
19. Name one rule for using devices at school.
20. Who can help you choose safe apps?

Computer Prtactices

• Compare chart: Write 2 ways phones and tablets are the same and 2 ways they are different.
• Gesture practice: Tap an icon, swipe to scroll, and use the back button (with teacher guidance).
• Parts hunt: Find and point to the camera, speaker, and microphone on a device or picture.
• Safety pledge: Write one sentence about how you will use devices safely.

Reflection

• Which do you like better for reading, a phone or a tablet, and why?
• What is one safety rule you will follow?