Lesson Two – Data Search
This computing teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explain and model how to use a prepared database to practise searching for facts and information about changes to the weather that is happening in the world.
The class can suggest why somebody might need to store information on a computer about a particular topic such as the amount of rainfall or the number of snowy days.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to use a prepared database to practise searching for facts and information about changes to the weather that is happening in the world
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to explain how to answer key questions about the weather using a set of data, an example spreadsheet to practise using a prepared database of information to answer questions about the weather and differentiated worksheets to record and find answers to different questions using a prepared database about the weather.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use a prepared database to practise searching for information about changes to the weather in the world.
This lesson is part of a computing scheme of work to get the children to explore and record how to use computer databases to store, organise and interrogate data and information about what is happening in the weather. 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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