Lesson Six – Branching Database

This computing teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explain and model how to use researched information to build a branching database about some of the special plants that can be found in a particular habitat in the world.

The class can describe how to use a computer to organise and present information about plants and flowers in a database using key questions.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to use researched information to build a branching database about some of the special plants that can be found in a particular habitat in the world

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify key questions that can be used to differentiate between trees found in a woodland, a template to organise and classify information about a set of plants using a set of key questions to differentiate between sets of data and a table display card to select key questions to compare plants when building a branching database.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use researched information to build a branching database about some of the special plants that can be found in a particular habitat in the world.

This lesson is part of a computing scheme of work to get the children to practise using a branching database to organise and interrogate data collected about flowering plants found in different habitats around the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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