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Databases
Searching & Sorting Activities
Stand up and put your chair under your desk out of the way.
Put your laptop and books on your table so that no one can trip over them.
Group yourselves by House.
Ward, Mulhall, Barry, Mornane
House
Group yourselves by Month of Birth.
You will need to move around the room and find girls who were born in the same month. Stand together.
Month of Birth
Arrange yourselves around the room in a circle or semicircle by Height – Tallest to Smallest
Height
Arrange yourselves in Groups based on Eye Colour
e.g.
Blue, Brown, Grey, Green
Eye Colour
Arrange yourselves in Groups based on your Shoe Size
Shoe Size
DatabasesYou just been part of a human database!
Each of you has unique Data – Shoe Size, Height etc.
A Database is made up of Records
(each one of you is a record in the class database)
Name Age Height Eye Colour
Jane 13 130 cm Brown
Nicola 14 124 cm Green
Record Record
DatabasesA Record has Fields(each person is a record and has several fields of information stored about them)
RecordRecord
Field
Field
Field
Field
Name Age Height Eye Colour
Jane 13 130 cm Brown
Nicola 14 124 cm Green
Database Example - Top Trumps What Fields and Data are being used in this Record?