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
Databases You 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) NameAgeHeightEye Colour Jane13130 cmBrown Nicola14124 cmGreen
Databases A Record has Fields (each person is a record and has several fields of information stored about them) NameAgeHeightEye Colour Jane13130 cmBrown Nicola14124 cmGreen
Database Example - Top Trumps What Fields and Data are being used in this Record ?