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Lesson One – Astronauts
This computing teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise using a database to research and record some facts and information related to individual astronauts who can work in space to perform different functions.
The class can explain and model how to complete database records to store information about some of the different astronauts that are part of the crew of a space station.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise using a database to research and record some facts and information related to individual astronauts who can work in space to perform different functions
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to describe how to use a database to research and present different pieces of information on facts related to space and a template to collect and record a set of data and information about different astronauts who work as crew on a space station.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use a database to research and record information on facts related to astronauts who work in space.
This lesson is part of a computing scheme of work to get the children to identify and record how to use databases to store, organise and interrogate data and information about different planets found in the Solar System. 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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