The INSITE camp provides a number of challenging hands-on science and engineering activities that are designed to provide students with an opportunity to build confidence in their technical abilities and to demonstrate that technology can be fun and exciting. Each day students will be asked to reflect on their day's experiences.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Demystifying the Box
This morning you had the opportunity to tear apart a computer tower and take a look at its inside.
Why might a person compare the insides of a computer to a human body? In your response try to identify the names of computer/body parts and what their similar jobs might be.
I think the motherboard is like a brain. The wires are like cells. The sound card is like your ears. The graphic card is like your eyes. I liked taking apart the computer, it was cool.
I think that people might compar computers to themselves so that they would better understand them. The mother bord was like the brain, the CPU is like the heart,the RAM would be the memory,the sound card is like the ears, and the graphics card would be the eyes.
After opening up the outer shell it was pretty confusing but I have some ideas about the pieces and our body parts. The graphics card is like our eyes, the wires are like veins and the circuit board is like our brain!
I think the a conputer works like a human body the motherboard is the brain, the hardrive is the heart, the wires are the veins and the bottons are the eye lides.
I would compare the mother board to the heart and the grphics as the eyes, the sound board as the mouth, the wires as the veins that connect everything,and the hard drive as the brain.
The computer is like a human body because the mother board and hard driveis like the brain, the cords are veins,artires, and spinal cord,the fan is like the lungs, the R.A.M. is like the heart, and the cd/dvd drive is like the stomach.
It was really fun opening the computer.It was like opening someones body.The mother board was the main part of the computer.It was really fun.The motherboard was like a human's brain because it controls everything.
I think the power cell is like the heart with all the wires coming out like veins connecting to the rest of the computer. The graphics card is like the eyes the better quiality the card or eye the better you see everything. The sound card is like the ears getting better quaility sound you get a better quaility card.
I thought it was super fun taking apart the computer.I think that the computer mother board is like the brain because it contols the hole thing and thats where most of the imformation is stored.
I think the mother board is like the brain, and all of the wires are like viens because the mother board controlls most of the functions and the wires let the electricity run through ~TP2011 :]
The mother bourd is like the brain, the motor is similar to the heart because it powers the computer like the heart does for the body.the cords are like the spine beacouse they connect every thing.
i think that the mother board is like the brain, the wires are like the veins and they move information around. The metal case around the computer acts as a support like a skeleton does for the body.The motor is like the heart.:)!!!!!
The Mother Board and the memory chips are like the brain because theay have memory and send signals through the cords wich are like the vains,nervs and the spinal cord.The "shell" of the computer is like our bones,skin and musles. A computer is like the human body because all the items in a computer surve a function,just like the human body.
I think people compare computers to humans becuase the mother board is like the brain and wires are like the veins. The brain and the mother board keep all of the information. wires and the veins carry stuff.
Today we took apart computers. To me, I thinbk the mother board is like the brain. The RAM is like a heart. The cords, wires, and cables are like veins and arteries. The fan is like the lungs. The CD Drive is like our eyes and ears. Taking apart computers are really fun.
The insides of a computer are a lot like the inside of your body.The motherboard is like the brain, the wires are like the veins, the sound card is like the mouth and ears and the graphics card is like the eyes.
The motherboard is like the brain. it functions the computer just like our brain functions us. The CPU is like the heart, the CPU spins the fan just like our heart pumps blood around our bodies. the power supply is like our lungs, it keeps the computer alive just like our lungs keep our body alive. The RAM is like the lobesin our brain. the ram hepls the computer remember files, pictures, music, videos,etc, and it boosts the computer speed just like the lobes in our brains help us remember things better and they also give us energy. The sound card is like our ears and voice box. the sound card makes our computers able to hear, just like our ears help us hear, and our voice boxes help us produce sound. The graphics card is like our eyes. the graphics card makes our screens show you what your doing just like our eyes help us see. Last, the wires are like are veins and arteries. the wires send electrons through them, straight to the motherboard, then to the screen just like our veins and arteries send blood from the heart to the rest of the body and back again. :) :) :)
WE took apart a computer and it was very fun.
ReplyDeleteWe got to look at the insides and got to lots of cool stuff inside.I lerned lots lots about computers
The Mother Board is like the Brain adn all the Cords are all the vains adn Spinal Cord.
ReplyDeleteI think the motherboard is like a brain. The wires are like cells. The sound card is like your ears. The graphic card is like your eyes.
ReplyDeleteI liked taking apart the computer, it was cool.
I think that people might compar computers to themselves so that they would better understand them.
ReplyDeleteThe mother bord was like the brain, the CPU is like the heart,the RAM would be the memory,the sound card is like the ears, and the graphics card would be the eyes.
Well the computer has a brain to get information just like a human a human can do the same thing.The computer has graphes i human has eyes same thing.
ReplyDeleteAfter opening up the outer shell it was pretty confusing but I have some ideas about the pieces and our body parts. The graphics card is like our eyes, the wires are like veins and the circuit board is like our brain!
ReplyDeleteI think the a conputer works like a human body the motherboard is the brain, the hardrive is the heart, the wires are the veins and the bottons are the eye lides.
ReplyDeleteI would compare the mother board to the heart and the grphics as the eyes, the sound board as the mouth, the wires as the veins that connect everything,and the hard drive as the brain.
ReplyDeleteWe got to take a computer apart and it was very fun. We got to see insides.I lerned alot about computers. I can't wait untill the next one.
ReplyDeletemother borad = brain
ReplyDeletegraphics card = eyes
audio = ears
thats why people compare humans to computers
The mother board is the brain. The sound board is the ear. The grafics box is the eye. The wires is the veins. I like taking apart the computer.
ReplyDeleteThe computer is like a human body because the mother board and hard driveis like the brain, the cords are veins,artires, and spinal cord,the fan is like the lungs, the R.A.M. is like the heart, and the cd/dvd drive is like the stomach.
ReplyDeleteIt was really fun opening the computer.It was like opening someones body.The mother board was the main part of the computer.It was really fun.The motherboard was like a human's brain because it controls everything.
ReplyDeleteI think the power cell is like the heart with all the wires coming out like veins connecting to the rest of the computer. The graphics card is like the eyes the better quiality the card or eye the better you see everything. The sound card is like the ears getting better quaility sound you get a better quaility card.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was super fun taking apart the computer.I think that the computer mother board is like the brain because it contols the hole thing and thats where most of the imformation is stored.
ReplyDeleteThe human body is kind of like a computor tower. the mother bord is the brain the sound input is the ear and the bass is the body.
ReplyDeleteI think the mother board is like the brain, and all of the wires are like viens because the mother board controlls most of the functions and the wires let the electricity run through ~TP2011 :]
ReplyDeleteI think the computer is like a human in many ways. The mother board is like the brain, it has memory. The wires are like the veins.
ReplyDeleteThe mother bourd is like the brain, the motor is similar to the heart because it powers the computer like the heart does for the body.the cords are like the spine beacouse they connect every thing.
ReplyDeletei think that the mother board is like the brain, the wires are like the veins and they move information around. The metal case around the computer acts as a support like a skeleton does for the body.The motor is like the heart.:)!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Mother Board and the memory chips are like the brain because theay have memory and send signals through the cords wich are like the vains,nervs and the spinal cord.The "shell" of the computer is like our bones,skin and musles. A computer is like the human body because all the items in a computer surve a function,just like the human body.
ReplyDeletei think that the wires are like the veins the sound board is like the ear and the mother board is like the brain.
ReplyDeleteThe audio is like ears on a computer, the mother board is like the brain, the wires are like veins in the body.
ReplyDeleteI think people compare computers to humans becuase the mother board is like the brain and wires are like the veins. The brain and
ReplyDeletethe mother board keep all of the information.
wires and the veins carry stuff.
Today we took apart computers.
ReplyDeleteTo me, I thinbk the mother board is like the brain.
The RAM is like a heart.
The cords, wires, and cables are like veins and arteries.
The fan is like the lungs.
The CD Drive is like our eyes and ears.
Taking apart computers are really fun.
The insides of a computer are a lot like the inside of your body.The motherboard is like the brain, the wires are like the veins, the sound card is like the mouth and ears and the graphics card is like the eyes.
ReplyDeleteThe power box is like the heart.It spreads the power through the body like the heart.
ReplyDeleteThe mother board is like the brain because it makes the body do stuff. The motor is like the heart becouse it makes it work.
ReplyDeleteThe motherboard is like the brain. it functions the computer just like our brain functions us. The CPU is like the heart, the CPU spins the fan just like our heart pumps blood around our bodies. the power supply is like our lungs, it keeps the computer alive just like our lungs keep our body alive. The RAM is like the lobesin our brain. the ram hepls the computer remember files, pictures, music, videos,etc, and it boosts the computer speed just like the lobes in our brains help us remember things better and they also give us energy. The sound card is like our ears and voice box. the sound card makes our computers able to hear, just like our ears help us hear, and our voice boxes help us produce sound. The graphics card is like our eyes. the graphics card makes our screens show you what your doing just like our eyes help us see. Last, the wires are like are veins and arteries. the wires send electrons through them, straight to the motherboard, then to the screen just like our veins and arteries send blood from the heart to the rest of the body and back again. :) :) :)
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