Informatics — Grade 5
Computer hardware, files and folders, information and its coding, working with text and graphics: the first informatics textbook.
- 11 topics
- 4 chapters
- 14 min
Topics
Topics are grouped into chapters and listed in reading order.
5 topics
- 4
Files and folders: name, type and path
A file is data stored under a name; a folder groups files. We learn what a file’s name and extension mean and how its path is written.
Chapter 2. Files and folders2 min
- 5
Working with files
We learn to create, rename, copy, move and delete files and folders, see how copying differs from moving, and restore a deleted file from the Recycle Bin.
Chapter 2. Files and folders2 min
- 6
Information and its types
Information is what we know about the world and events around us. We find out how we receive it, what types it has and how a computer stores it.
Chapter 3. Information1 min
- 7
Units of information: bit and byte
A computer stores information as zeros and ones. We learn about the bit, the byte and larger units, and how to measure the size of a file.
Chapter 3. Information1 min
- 8
Encoding information
Changing information into another form is called encoding. Using Morse code and computer character codes, we see how it works.
Chapter 3. Information1 min