Grades 3-5 FutureKids Unit 2 ~ World Wildlife

Registry ~ Using Publisher & Access

 Description of the Unit:  In World Wildlife, the second of five units, the children use a database application to identify and locate an animal missing from the World Wildlife Zoo.  They are introduced to basic database functions in the first lesson as they sort a list of zoo animals.  In the lessons that follow, they enter information into new records, and format database tables and forms.  By filtering these accumulated data, they discover why the animal escaped and determine where to locate it.  In the process, the students use their desktop publishing skills to create a MISSING! poster and a newsletter reporting the animal's safe return to the zoo.

  Lesson Two ~  After transferring data from a desktop publishing document to a database table, the students will organize the table by labeling fields and sorting records. They will also perform a filter and register the penguin as a missing animal by adding its information to the table.  Finally, they will design a MISSING! Poster to help begin the search for the missing penguin.

  Materials ~ 

  Opening ~  Review Lesson One, including how to sort a database table, view the table in Datasheet View and Form View, and complete a diagram in the desktop publishing program.  Remind teh children that they used both the database table and diagram to determine the identity of the animal missing from the World Wildlife Zoo.

Discuss times they have lost something.  For example, did you ever lose a book or a jacket?  What actions did you take to locate the missing item?  Have you ever used or seen a MISSING! sign posted when something was lost such as a family pet?

This lesson will have you reporting a missing zoo animal by netering its information in a registry of missing animals.  Then you will design a MISSING! poster identifying the animal and indicating where to return it if it is found.

 

~ SAMPLE of Lesson Two: Registry - Publisher Version

~ SAMPLE of Lesson Two: Registry - Access Version

 

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