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ACARA Digital Technologies Years 7–8 — Structured Data and Queries

Describing objects and events as data you can search.

Modules (43)

1 Characteristic of data: structure 2 Attributes of an object 3 Attributes of an event 4 What a single-table database is 5 Counting fields and records in a table 6 Modelling an object as a record 7 Modelling an event as a record 8 Why use a database instead of a spreadsheet 9 Database objects: table, query, form and report 10 Text data: character and string 11 Numeric data: integer 12 Numeric data: floating point 13 Date/time data 14 Boolean data 15 Character versus text fields 16 Field data types in a database table 17 Choosing a data type for a value 18 Designing a table structure 19 Primary key 20 Choosing a suitable primary key from a table 21 Creating a database table and entering records 22 Defining a single-table database from storage requirements 23 What a database query is 24 What SQL is 25 SQL SELECT and FROM 26 Choosing which fields a query shows 27 Field order in the output of a SELECT 28 Running an SQL query in a database tool 29 SQL WHERE conditions 30 Query criteria with comparison operators 31 WHERE on text, Boolean, character and date fields 32 Combining query criteria with AND and OR 33 SQL LIKE with the % wildcard 34 SQL ORDER BY 35 Sorting query results 36 How a field's data type changes sorting 37 Clause order in a full SQL query 38 Working out the output of an SQL statement 39 Describing what a query does in plain English 40 Writing an SQL query from a requirement 41 Common mistakes in SQL scripts 42 Testing a query against the data 43 SQL COUNT function

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Printables for this journey

Every module above has its own free printable worksheet with an answer key. These crosswords and word searches cover the same terms:

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VCE Data Analysis Crossword: Types and purposes of data and Data types and data characteristics (Modules 15–24) 10 clues · Open data portals and data licences, Text data: character and string, Numeric data: integer, Numeric data: floating point and more
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VCE Data Analysis Word Search: Types and purposes of data and Data types and data characteristics (Modules 3–24) 20 words to find · Quantitative data, Qualitative data, Purposes of qualitative and quantitative data, Interviews to gather perspectives on a topical issue and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Manipulating, validating and testing spreadsheet data and Relational database structure (Modules 35–44) 10 clues · Pivot tables, What is a relational database?, What a single-table database is, Database field data types and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Relational database structure and Querying data with SQL (Modules 45–54) 10 clues · Importing a CSV file into a database table, Validation rules on database fields, SQL constraints for validation, What a database query is and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Crossword: Querying data with SQL to Purposes and types of data visualisations (Modules 55–70) 10 clues · SQL GROUP BY, SQL JOIN across two tables, SQL UPDATE and DELETE, Testing a query against the data and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Word Search: Manipulating, validating and testing spreadsheet data to Querying data with SQL (Modules 35–54) 20 words to find · Pivot tables, What is a relational database?, What a single-table database is, Database field data types and more
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VCE Spreadsheets, SQL & Visualisation Word Search: Querying data with SQL to Visualisation components and design conventions (Modules 55–86) 20 words to find · SQL GROUP BY, SQL JOIN across two tables, SQL UPDATE and DELETE, Testing a query against the data and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Crossword: Representing data with binary and Acquiring, storing and validating data (Modules 9–45) 10 clues · 8-bit binary numbers and the range 0 to 255, Converting a larger decimal number to binary, How many values n bits can store, Looking up characters in the ASCII table and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Crossword: Acquiring, storing and validating data to Using digital tools and conventions (Modules 47–80) 10 clues · Creating a database table and entering records, Sorting and filtering a database table, Choosing which fields a query shows, Query criteria with comparison operators and more
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Years 7–8 Data & Information Word Search: Representing data with binary to Using digital tools and conventions (Modules 9–80) 22 words to find · 8-bit binary numbers and the range 0 to 255, Converting a larger decimal number to binary, How many values n bits can store, Looking up characters in the ASCII table and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Crossword: 8.3 File Handling and 9 Databases (Modules 500–522) 10 clues · Write, close, then read the data back, Copying a line of text from one file to another, Tracing a file handling program, Common mistakes in file handling pseudocode and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Crossword: 9 Databases (Modules 525–538) 10 clues · Field order in the output of a SELECT, WHERE on text, Boolean, character and date fields, Mixing AND and OR with brackets in a WHERE clause, Clause order in a full SQL query and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Crossword: 9 Databases and 10 Boolean Logic (Modules 539–551) 10 clues · Common mistakes in SQL scripts, What a logic gate is, Labelling inputs and the output: A, B, C and X, Truth table layout for two inputs and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Word Search: 8.3 File Handling and 9 Databases (Modules 500–538) 20 words to find · Write, close, then read the data back, Copying a line of text from one file to another, Tracing a file handling program, Common mistakes in file handling pseudocode and more
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IGCSE Computer Science Paper 2 Word Search: 9 Databases and 10 Boolean Logic (Modules 539–580) 20 words to find · Common mistakes in SQL scripts, What a logic gate is, Labelling inputs and the output: A, B, C and X, Truth table layout for two inputs and more
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Crossword: Analysing and Visualising Data and Structured Data and Queries (Modules 331–360) 10 clues · Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence, Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion, Attributes of an object, Attributes of an event and more
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Crossword: Structured Data and Queries and Algorithms, Flowcharts and Pseudocode (Modules 365–411) 10 clues · SQL LIKE with the % wildcard, How a field's data type changes sorting, Describing what a query does in plain English, A loop inside a loop and more
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Word Search: Analysing and Visualising Data to Algorithms, Flowcharts and Pseudocode (Modules 331–411) 21 words to find · Describing a trend in a sentence with evidence, Investigating a dataset from question to conclusion, Attributes of an object, Attributes of an event and more

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