Monday, Oct 7: 8th Grade- Databases- Review of terms

Bellringer:
1. Open your Project Summary.
2. Open up your Typing document
3. Turn to page 65 of your typing book.
4.  Type Line 6 alphabet review
5.  Turn to page 65 of your typing book.
6   Type Line 7  alphabet review  

What are we learning?
Understand the basics of databases. 
How is database information used, organized, and managed in business? 
What formatting options are available when creating databases?
 
Guided Lesson:
@ Check your Project Summary for the following items:
    1. Paragraphs are tabbed or indented.
    2. All sentences begin with a Capital Letter.
    3. All sentences end with a period.
    4. You have spell checked and grammar checked it. 
    5. Switch with another person and read their project summary.
        Help them find mistakes.    
    6. Do NOT print yet!!!!

    7. Review the "Review of Database Tables" worksheet.
Use slide 1 and write the Database definition on the bottom of page 1, 
Use slide 21 to help with the top and middle questions on page 2

Please remember you only use the Numbers field if you want to calculate something.
Use slide 18 to help with the questions on the bottom of page 2.

Independent Lesson:

Go to http://www.expedia.com/
Students will start on airline database worksheet.
Miss W will walk through how to gather data for the first example.
Go to http://www.expedia.com/ and explain new database activity
     GSO- Greensboro
     RDU- Raleigh
     CLT- Charlotte     

Flight #			Airline
Departure City			Arrival City
Departure Time			Arrival Time
Length of Flight			Date Leaving
# of Stopovers			Cost of Trip

 Independent Activity:
Students will start on airline database worksheet first 4 vacation spots

Exit Activity: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/keyboarding_games_typing_adventure1.html