Year 3 Branching Databases (Teacher Notes)
Pupil Activity Code: 4A4A – What is it?
Progression of skills in this pack
1. Add and label objects.
2. Ask questions to sort (classify) objects correctly.
⏱ 1 hour
🛠 What will teachers and pupils need?
For pupils to make a branching database they will need access to the free Junior Infant Tools Branch website. This is part of the Junior infant Tools, which does require a subscription for some features, such as saving and using own photos but pupils will be able to do the tasks below without a subscription.
👨🏫 Teacher input
The first video below introduces branching databases so you may wish to show this and the subsequent videos as a whole class. The first video also demonstrates how a yes/no game could be played by pairs before pupils start making their own databases
Pupil Activity Pack (Teacher view)
1. What is a branching database?
Watch the first video tutorial to learn about branching databases and how to play a yes/no game with a partner.
2. Choosing the objects
Watch the video tutorial to learn how to add objects such as animals. Try to choose objects that are different to each other.
- Choose a background suitable for your branching database.
- Give it a suitable title with your name in the title. e.g Animals by Harry.
- Use the arrows on the left side to find different objects and drag them into your template.
- Click each on to give it a name and description.
3. Ask questions
Watch the video tutorial to learn how to add questions to sort (classify) your objects. Remember to put a question mark!!
- Click Sort.
- Type in a question where the answer can only be yes or no.
- Drag your objects into thumbs up for yes and thumbs down for no.
✅ Assessment
If your school subscribes to J2E then the pupils can save their databases to their online files or if not then print them. Pupils/teachers could also take a screenshot. This could then be inserted into a Word document or saved to a pupil work folder. Click the links below to learn how to do this on your school devices.
Windows PC
Chromebook
iPad
Mac