Year 5
Year 5

Creating a paper-based database

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will create record cards and add data to them. We will then attempt to sort the cards and use those cards to answer questions.

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3 Questions

Q1.
What is a database?
Correct answer: A collection of organised data
A set of data values
A single piece of information
Q2.
What does each card represent in a paper-file database?
A database
A field
Correct answer: A record
Q3.
Each record card contains data written under headings. These headings are:
Correct answer: Fields
Records
Values