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Year 6 Communication and the internet worksheet

“How websites are found” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 computing unit “Communication and the internet”, for children aged 10 to 11, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 1 to 6 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

How websites are found

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · Computing · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain how a website name is turned into an IP address so data can be sent.

A Look back3 min

  1. 1.

    The robot must reach the star. How many squares right does it need to move?

  2. 2.

    Which word means a set of steps that solves a problem?

    StartCheckFinish
    algorithmpixelrouterspreadsheet
  3. 3.

    The robot starts at the top. How many squares down does it need to reach the star?

B Watch me, then you4 min

A tablet opens a website called www.quiz-club.example. Follow the steps the computer takes.

Watch me
Type a nameDNS finds a numberRequest sentPage returns

The name www.quiz-club.example is typed first.

DNS turns the name into an IP address, such as 203.0.113.8.

The request goes to that IP address, and the page comes back to the tablet.

Now you
  1. 1.

    Which of these is an IP address? Circle it.

    10.0.0.7www.quiz-club.exampleMill Road 9video.mp4

C Your turn8 min

Sort, match and choose. Read every card before you write or circle.

Domain nameDNS looks it upIP address
  1. 1.

    Write each card in the right column.

    192.168.4.20www.library.example10.0.0.7www.sports.example
    IP addressDomain name
  2. 2.

    Join each term to its meaning.

    IP addressDNSdomain name
    a human-friendly website namea number that identifies a devicean address book that matches names to numbers
  3. 3.

    Which device needs an IP address to send data on a network?

    a tablet joined to Wi-Fia paper mapa pencil casea printed poster
  4. 4.

    Why do we use domain names rather than IP numbers when we type website addresses?

    People find names easier to remember.Names make websites load faster.Numbers cannot be sent over a network.Names stop anyone else visiting.

Say it out loud: Which cards were names and which were numbers? What does the computer need, the name or the number?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A small grey Wi-Fi router with two blinking lights on a shelf, no people
Kit says: “My computer searches for the name, so it never needs a number.”
  1. 1.

    What is wrong with Kit's idea? Write one sentence.

E Think deeper4 min

A letter with only a name on it cannot be delivered. The postal worker needs the street and house number to find the right door.

A red postbox at the end of a garden path with a sealed envelope resting against it
  1. 1.

    Your parent asks: why does a website need an IP address even though it has a name? Explain in two or three sentences. Use the letter idea.

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For the grown-up

How websites are found · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 3

2. algorithm

3. 2

B

1. 10.0.0.7 If they pick the website name, they think names are the addresses. Point out that this IP address is four groups of numbers with dots between them.

C

1. IP address: 192.168.4.20, 10.0.0.7 · Domain name: www.library.example, www.sports.example

2. IP address → a number that identifies a device; DNS → an address book that matches names to numbers; domain name → a human-friendly website name

3. a tablet joined to Wi-Fi If they pick an object that is not on a network, ask: could this send data to another device? Only devices on a network need an address.

4. People find names easier to remember. If they pick the faster-loading option, ask: which does the computer still need underneath? Then ask why people prefer names.

D

1. Look for: Says that devices work with IP addresses, and that DNS changes the name into a numeric address. If they only say the claim is wrong, ask: what number does the computer need? Then ask what DNS does with the name.

E

1. Look for: Says that data travels to numbers or addresses, that names are only for people, and that the IP address tells the network where to deliver.

Words to use

Say“Where does the computer need a number to find the page? What does DNS do with the name?”
Instead of“Don't worry, the computer just knows where to go, so the numbers don't matter.”

After the sheet

Write the names of two places you both visit, like a shop and a school. Give each a made-up street address with a house number. Ask your child whether a letter needs the name or the address to arrive, and why.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

  1. Breaking files into packets(with a plan)
  2. Sharing one file together(with a plan)
  3. Shared or copied?(with a plan)
  4. Choosing how to communicate(with a plan)
  5. Who Can See This?(with a plan)

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