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What is a Database?

What is a Database?. Any collection of related information, such as a student list, list of suspected criminals, or a factory inventory. Where are database most commonly used?. businesses industry government educational institutions. How are database most commonly used?. Record keeping

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What is a Database?

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  1. What is a Database? Any collection of related information, such as a student list, list of suspected criminals, or a factory inventory

  2. Where are database most commonly used? • businesses • industry • government • educational institutions

  3. How are database most commonly used? • Record keeping • Inventory • Searching by use of the query for specific people, places, prices, etc. • Creating specialized reports for clients

  4. What Can a Database Do? • Sort data by field • Filterdata using several fields (queries) • Create reports using sortand/or filterfunctions to analyze data (using calculations) • Organize & summarizescientific & business data (including calculations) • Print a list or a record • Merge data into a word processor

  5. How is a database organized? In records and fields • Example: • Database Title: The 50 States • Record: Pennsylvania. • Fields: Name, Capital, population, state bird, state tree, state flower, famous people, important dates, etc.

  6. VIEW the database as a . . . Form –view all data on one record (everything about PA, for example) List – in columns, (part of all records can be seen; scroll vertically and horizontally to see all data) Viewing A Database

  7. Form View

  8. List View

  9. How can databases be used in the classroom? • Review for tests • Scavenger hunts • Problem solving • Data gathering and analysis • Critical thinking skills • Simulations

  10. How can you use a database in your classroom? • Each student can create 1 record of a database – data can be merged to create a database on a topic • Students can gather & analyze scientific data • Teachers can create questions for students to answer & analyze on previously created databases

  11. Example Databases

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