TechnoMission

Project Includes

  • Teacher Guide
  • Student Workbook
  • Customizable Resources
  • Assessment Tools
  • Extension Activities
  • Sample Files
  • Templates
  • Parent Letters
  • Certificates

TechnoMission

Item Number: INT-MISSION
Technology Integration: Language Arts, Math, Science, Visual Arts
Technology Skill: Database, Graphics, Photo Editing
Program: Access, Internet Explorer, Paint
Includes: Microsoft Access Lesson Plans, Teacher Guide, Printable Student Workbook, Paperless Worksheets, Review Questions, Extension Activities, TechnoMission Parent Letter, TechnoMission Certificate, Summary of Skills Checklist, Table Marking Sheet, Form Marking Sheet, Report Marking Sheet, Space Exploration Database (database includes 55 space missions), Mission Patch Sample, Mission Patches Presentation, Astronaut Space Suit Templates, Space Ship Template, Planets Database Sample, Food Groups Database Sample

Session 1: Space Exploration
Study the Space Exploration database and learn to filter and view records.
Session 2: Join TechnoNASA
Edit a picture to be included in a data entry in a database record.
Session 3: Cyberspace Mission
Research information about a chosen topic, using the internet.
Session 4: Build a Table
Build a data table in a new database.
Session 5: Design a Form
Create a form to add records from collected research data.
Session 6: Generate a Report
Categorize information about the topic in a summary report.

Optional Access Lesson Plans

  • About Space Missions: Practice filtering records.
  • Blast Off! Review photo editing skills.
  • The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Try Internet searches.
  • Sort and Find Records: Learn advanced skills.
  • Make a Mission Patch: Design your own patch.
  • My Family: Create a family database.

Construct a Simple Database using Microsoft Access Lesson Plans

Integrate technology into a problem solving and data management unit or choose a topic related to a language arts, science, social studies, geography, or history for a cross-curricular project.

  • View, find, sort, filter, and add records in a database
  • Superimpose two images using digital tools
  • Plan and organize the topic of a database
  • Use search engines to research information
  • Build a new database
  • Create a table and set field properties to store data
  • Design a data entry form
  • Organize categorical data in a database form
  • Produce a report that groups and sorts records
  • Revise the content and layout of a database object

I absolutely LOVE IT! It is saving my life! The kids really enjoy the activities and I don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

K. Hinman,
Tawas Area High School, ,
MI, USA

Customer Reviews

Integrate database skills into curriculum with Microsoft Access lesson plans. Students follow the detailed instructions in TechnoMission to learn how to construct a simple database.

I absolutely LOVE IT! It is saving my life! The kids really enjoy the activities and I don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

K. Hinman,
Tawas Area High School, ,
MI, USA