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Using Computer Databases
In The Classroom
An
Example of Database Use
Situation: You're a social studies teacher trying to have an impact
on students regarding the horror of war. You also have been trying all
year to create an interdisciplinary tie with your school's mathematics
curriculum. Well, you can use a database to accomplish this goal. The
following is a suggestion that can be applied for many topics or subject
areas.
1. On day one, you would have students surf the WWW locating data on
the numbers of causalities and people wounded in historical wars. By the
conclusion of this class, your students would then turn in either an electronic
or hard copy data sheet.
2. On day two, students are assigned the task of establishing a database
upon which the following could easily be identified:
- A ranking from greatest to least; which battle caused the most casualties.
- A ranking of the continents; which continent had the most casualties
of war to least.
- A ranking of which terrain (i.e., land, air, sea) has seen the most
casualties.
- A ranking of which 50 year time period was the most deadly.
3. On day three through five, students get approval from teachers and
begin to create the database.
4. On the final day of the project, students present their findings to
the class.
5. Optional activities can include debating about the reliability and
validity of the data.
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