1. Databases

2. 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.

3.  Group yourselves by House.  Ward, Mulhall, Barry, Mornane House

4.  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

5.  Arrange yourselves around the room in a circle or semicircle by Height – Tallest to Smallest Height

6.  Arrange yourselves in Groups based on Eye Colour e.g. Blue, Brown, Grey, Green Eye Colour

7.  Arrange yourselves in Groups based on your Shoe Size Shoe Size

8. 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

9. 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

10. Database Example - Top Trumps  What Fields and Data are being used in this Record ?