COMPUTER HARDWARE

HARDWARE RESEARCH PROJECT

 

 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

 

  • Students will research a topic (or perhaps two topics) related to Computer Hardware.  Students will be asked to either deliver a presentation or create a document related to their topic.

 

PROJECT VARIANTS (IGNORE FOR 2021)

 

  • The following specs will be given to you by your teacher:
    • Number of topics: 1 or 2
    • Group size: 1 or 2 (Note: Groups have more topics.)
    • Submission requirement: presentation, document or both


TOPIC DETERMINATION (IGNORE FOR 2021)

 

  • Students will draft their topics.  Drafting order will be random.

 

TOPIC IDEAS

 

  • Do you have a different idea?  Talk to your teacher about it.

 

    • CPU
    • CPU & socket
    • Comparing CPUs
    • Overclocking
    • Motherboard
    • Northbridge and Southbridge
    • Moore’s Law
    • Video Card / GPU
    • Recent Video Card technologies
    • RAM
    • Types of RAM
    • Hard Disk Drives (HDD)
    • Solid State Drives (SSD)
    • HDD vs SSD
    • Expansion Slots
    • USB
    • I/O Devices
    • Routers
    • Networking Technology
    • A specific computer model
      • EX: the first IBM PC
      • EX: the first Apple computer
      • EX: The IBM 608
      • EX: ENIAC
      • EX: Commodore 64
    • A famous inventor/contributor
      • EX: Charles Babbage
      • EX: Ada Lovelace
      • EX: Alan Turing
      • EX: Steve Jobs
    • A famous company’s contributions
      • EX: IBM
      • EX: Intel
      • EX: AMD
      • EX: XEROX
    • Many more ideas are available

 

MORE DETAILS

 

  • Students should focus on establishing 3 to 5 points for each presentation topic.

  • Students should not copy and paste content from other sources.  Use your own words. 

  • Students should never base themselves on just one source.  This greatly increases the chances that you are using incorrect information.  Use multiple sources.

  • For presentation documents, you should focus on visual communication.  Use a minimum amount of words to communicate your ideas.  Consider using charts and diagrams.

  • For presentation documents, you must have a title page at the beginning and a sources page at the end.

 

2021 CULMINATING ACTIVITY RUBRIC

 

5 marks [KNO]

·       Student demonstrates an understanding of the key aspects of the hardware component.

 

5 marks [TI]

·       Student demonstrates planning skills and organizational skills in the creation of the presentation.

 

5 marks [COM]

·       Student makes use of proper terminology.  Student also makes use of visual communication techniques (diagram, organizational chart, etc…)

 

5 marks [APP]

·       Student applies knowledge of computer hardware components in order to create the presentation.