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Year 6

Lesson 2 Data packets

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Learners are introduced to the concept of packets. They complete an activity based on transferring an image across the internet, to see that as well as messages (text), other types of data (images, video, and audio) are also transferred over the internet. They gain an understanding of the key parts of a packet: the header and the data payload.

Learning objectives

To recognise how data is transferred across the internet

  • I can identify and explain the main parts of a data packet
  • I can explain that data is transferred over networks in packets
  • I can explain that all data transferred over the internet is in packets

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