SKYE-NET · waking Sophia
SKYE-NET.liveOne love · peace, balance & harmony for all
Menus
Back to curriculum

How the internet works

KS3 · 25 minutes · Describe packets, IP addresses and servers.

Visual learning map for How the internet works: observe, try, then explain. Describe packets, IP addresses and servers.
Visual learning map for How the internet works: observe, try, then explain. Describe packets, IP addresses and servers.

Answer by: Type. You can change method or take a break at any time.

Page 1 of 30

Our learning goal

Describe packets, IP addresses and servers.

Your turn: Choose one thing you would like to understand by the end.

Offline speech needs an installed English device voice.

My lesson notes & project
Full teaching script
  1. Today: How the internet works. Our goal: Describe packets, IP addresses and servers.
  2. Take one idea at a time. Pause after each sentence; ask for repetition whenever you need it.
  3. Your message is chopped into packets. Each carries a destination IP address and finds its own route through many routers. At the other end they are reassembled in order. A server is simply a computer that answers requests. HTTPS wraps it all in encryption so nobody on the way can read it.
  4. Together: choose one example from the explanation and show how it works. What do you notice?
  5. Your turn: Explain to someone what happens between typing a web address and the page appearing.
  6. Reflect: what made sense, and what would you like explained differently?
Teacher lessons & videos

Watch and learn

Videos come only from approved education channels and need internet. Use the arrows in the player for more videos from the same channel.