Plants Database
This computing scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise using a branching database to organise and interrogate data collected about flowering plants found in different habitats around the world. The class can identify how to use a computer to organise and present information about plants.
Practise using a branching database to organise and interrogate data collected about flowering plants found in different habitats around the world
Lesson One : Plant Index
Investigate and record some of the different ways that can be used to collect and organise information into a manual database about a range of flowering plants
Lesson Two : Plant Questions
Identify and record key questions that can be used to differentiate between different types of flowering plants in a branching database
Lesson Three : Sorting Plants
Practise selecting and using key questions to identify and sort between some different types of plants when working with a branching database
Lesson Four : Database Questions
Practise building a branching database to differentiate between some of the special types of plants that can be found growing around the school grounds
Lesson Five : Habitat Plants
Investigate how to research and collect information and data that can be used in a branching database to identify and sort between some types of plants found in different habitats
Lesson Six : Branching Database
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
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Maths Arithmetic Assessment
Assess abilities in solving arithmetic number problems for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when working with informal and formal written calculations
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Environment
Identify and describe some of the special landscapes and locations that can be found in the world and reflect on how they can be protected and preserved for the future
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Silent Letter Words
Explore and illustrate the meanings and spellings of some different words with silent letters when using them in a range of topics and scenarios
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Complaint Letters
Explain and model how to format and structure writing when composing letters of complaint about different issues and scenarios