This brief tutorial gives a clear view of the strengths of databases, as well as how to search them effectively. It includes a summary quiz and a page of printable notes for future reference.

Learn the basic ideas behind the use of database systems.

In preparation for independent research projects, students in small groups practice proper citation and familiarize themselves with Alabama Virtual Library databases using a graphic organizer.

This course will teach you to filter an existing Microsoft Excel database and extract records meeting your criteria. It will cover Data Form Searches, AutoFiltering, Filtering to Match a Selection, and Advanced Filters. A Live Database...

In Module 1 Lesson 2 of this course, students are introduced to issues related to copyright, public domain, and licensing agreements. They will also learn about industry certification for this course on spreadsheet applications.

This lesson provides a lesson that highlights NBA's Utah Jazz team. Teachers will demonstrate how to use a database, and then learners will engage in exploring the database of the Utah Jazz.

This site contains a variety of MySQL tutorials using PHP.

In Module 6 Lesson 4 of this course on spreadsheets, which is the final lesson of the course, students review what they have learned in the previous three lessons about using templates, using data validation tools, and importing data...

In Module 3 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about adding shapes and graphics to spreadsheets, using drawing tools to format them, using the autosum function,...

During this lesson students go on a field trip to locate fossils. Students investigate their findings and identify them using resources from the Internet. They then videoconference to compare/contrast their hypotheses with those of...

What is an atlatl? Learn how this Aztec dart throwing tool can be used to teach students such things as distance, radius, and linear and angular velocity. Curriculum strands are provided for each of the many lesson plans for students...

Intriguing lesson plan from North Carolina State University using a spreadsheet to solve real world science problems. Contains downloadable files for student activities.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Jose de Creeft is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his stone carvings and other sculptures.

The "Middle Ages" is the theme of this mathematics project. Students use problem solving skills to solve real-life situations. Some of the project activities are the game of chess and an experiment catapulting marshmallows. Five...

The necessary steps to augment a matrix are explianed by using a problem presented by a student.

Young scholars will learn about the life stories of victims of the Holocaust in order to see the victims as people and not numbers. Using pages of testimonies written by relatives or acquaintances, students will discuss the life of the...

Access to the pottery database and an introduction to Greek pottery. Techniques and styles including shapes and inscriptions are explained in detailed accompanied by photos. Search by a painter and/or potter and view their work, or use...

Believe it or not, scientists were recently able to recover tissue and partial sequence information for protein molecules from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil. In this genomics science fair project, you will use the T....

Although based out of New Zealand, this site provides quality information on the occupation of selling vehicles. Information includes typical tasks and duties, personal requirements needed for the job, education requirements, typical...

Use this question response site from the University of Regina about finding the acute angle of intersection between the two given lines. The response contains a visual aide and commentary to help.

In this lesson, students will properly utilize a primary source to answer a research question using a database of runaway slave ads. They will play the role of a historian and learn more about the lives and culture surrounding both...

Students will use the Freedom on the Move database of runaway slave ads to re-envision runaway ads to reflect the bravery of the enslaved who liberated themselves. They will construct narratives from the perspective of formerly enslaved...

In this online manual you will find examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Computer Science and Information Systems Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards....

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Howard Finster is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his use of religious art.