SQL and databases: Teacher Resources

SQL and databases: Starters and Plenaries

Starters:

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Recap

A task recapping this lesson, meant to be used as a starter in the following lesson.

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Compare and contrast

A starter activity in which students are given two items and asked to consider the differences and similarities between them

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Questions to ask

A starter task. Students are given a list of categories and asked to write down the questions they would like answered from today's lesson

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Ten questions

A lesson starter activity. A volunteer (either a student or class teacher) is given a slip of paper so they know 'what they are'. The rest of the class can ask up to a maximum of 10 questions to guess what they are. The volunteer can only answer 'yes' or 'no'

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Starters or Plenaries

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Crossword

Students are given a crossword to solve with clues relating to key words for this topic. Answers are provided.

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Pick me

This provides a differentiated starter or plenary activity. Students are given a question and work in groups to come up with an answer.

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Three facts

A starter or plenary task in which students are asked to write down three facts that they can remember off the top of their heads about the topic.

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What why how

Starter or plenary task. Students are asked three questions framed as What? Why? and How?

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Give me 10

A starter or plenary task. Students work in pairs before joining up with another pair to expand their list.

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Just a minute

Starter or plenary task. Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules

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Plenaries

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Talkabout

Starter or plenary task. The class 'test' the teacher on their knowledge of key words related to this topic

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Mastermind

A plenary activity which is loosely based on the game show 'Mastermind'

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Teach me about

Lesson plenary. Students become the teacher! One student is tasked with preparing a five minute revision starter about this topic for the beginning of the following lesson.

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