6 – Making your own Database


🎯 Learning Objectives

Developing Data & Data Representation learning strand, specifically:

  • Know what is required in order to setup a database from scratch.
  • Be able to setup a database independently with the purpose of storing student information.
💬 Key Vocabulary

  • Database
  • Table
  • Field
  • Record

📝 Starter Activity – Database Recap

  • Download the Starter Worksheet below and fill in the blanks to recap what you have done in this topic.

📝 Creating your own database

  • In today’s lesson you will use all of the skills you have learnt in this topic to create your own database from scratch, use validation rules, fill it with data, create a form and query it.
  • Download the below worksheet to see what you need to do to get your badges.
  • Use previous lessons here on Bourne to Code to help you with each stage.

📖 Keywords – Definitions

Database – collection of data or information that has been stored in an organised way.

Field – one type or one piece of information.

Record – all the data about a person or an object.

Table – collection of the database’s fields and records.

💬 Summary

In this lesson, you…

  • Setup a database from scratch.
  • Setup a database independently with the purpose of storing student information.
In this topic you…

  • Investigated the key terms about databases.
  • Imported data into a database.
  • Created validation rules and dropdown boxes.
  • Created forms to input and display data.
  • Created your own database from scratch.

🏅 Badge it

🥈 Silver Badge

  • You have completed 4 of the 7 tasks on your uploaded L6 Worksheet.
🥇 Gold Badge

  • You have completed 6 of the 7 tasks on your uploaded L6 Worksheet.
🥉 Platinum Badge

  • You have completed 7 of the 7 tasks on your uploaded L6 Worksheet.