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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Computer Technology Skills — Grade 8

Goal 1, Objective 1.07

Goal 1

The learner will understand important issues of a technology-based society and will exhibit ethical behavior in the use of computer and other technologies.

Objective 1.07

Use knowledge of database terms/concepts, functions, and operations to explain strategies used to organize, analyze, and report information in content area assignments. Strand - Database

Resources aligned to this objective

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Weather conditions database
Students will search and sort various fields of a given database file.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 )
By DPI Integration Strategies.
The Shark Net: A discipline database
The Shark Net is a database, set up by the teacher, where students keep records of all discipline interactions, of leaving the room, and of outstanding work. It includes fields for first name, last name, date, block, problem code, comments by students, time out, and time in. At two-week intervals students filter their records to calculate class participation grades. The class participation grade counts 10 percent of the total class grade. Students with the highest-class participation grades are rewarded with special activities such as ice cream parties, cookouts, field trips, etc. Students are required to filter and print the report for progress reports, report cards, and any time a parent/teacher or student/teacher conference is planned. This activity helps the teacher keep an accurate discipline record and to maintain discipline with minimal effort. It also helps the students understand how to use a database.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills and Guidance)
By Calvin Evans.
Periodic table database
These lessons are designed to help students use their computer skills to create their own database using teacher directions, and they also learn how to read the periodic table and understand what it means.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Computer/Technology Skills and Science)
By Florence B. Winslow.
It's all about them!
Students will create a class database in preparation for the North Carolina Test of Computer Skills using information about their classmates.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Computer/Technology Skills)
By Skip Thibault.
Discovering elements online
Students will work independently and in small groups to research assigned elements on the internet with sites given in advance. They will then contribute to a class database with their individual information. The database will then be made available for students to again work independently and in pairs to answer questions created from a class discussion to discover relationships about the elements.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
By Trish Loudermilt.