Wednesday, Nov 20- 8th Grade Customizing Database Tables

Bell Ringer:
1.See Page 265, Type lines 1 and 2
2. Open Your Contact  PowerPoint
3. If your name is on the board, finish any missing work

What are we learning? 
Elective Food Drive- Winning Class wins Pizza and Donuts
We will watch video about food drive
Understand the basics of databases. 
How is database information used, organized, and managed in business? 
What formatting options are available when creating databases?

Guided Practice:
@Customize your table (table formatting options)
     video   http://www.gcflearnfree.org/access2010

Independent Exercise: Customizing your Table
@ Resizing fields and rows http://www.gcflearnfree.org/access2010/5.5  

@ Alternate row colors and gridline formatting
 http://www.gcflearnfree.org/access2010/5.6

1. Students will change the size of their records and fields.
2. Students will change the borders of their records.
3. Students will change the color of alternate rows.
4. Students will change the color of the gridlines.

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Guided Lesson:
@ Select a Access Database Template http://www.gcflearnfree.org/access2010/15.2
 
Independent Exercise: Reviewing Templates
On the bottom part of your 5 steps to create a database outline
write the following template names:
                                          New Field 1            New Field 2
Finance
Inventory
Issues and Tasks
Sales and Marketing
Time and Billing
Small Businessthen list 2 NEW fields besides each name that you have not seen before.
For example:
Education-                       Student ID                       Class

@  Exit Activities: Database Vocabulary Review: http://www.quia.com/mc/483616.html