1. ICT dept. Pupils introduced to concept of data capture forms i.e. question sheet used to collect information needed for database data entry. Examples of  data capture forms include application forms (credit card application forms, application forms to join youth clubs), cards used by gas meter readers and lottery ticket optical mark recognition sheets.  Concepts of  valid data and data verification explained. Data capture forms are usually used to input data which does not require real time processing. Data capture forms are generally used for batch processing of information. Pupils shown examples of data capture forms. Pupils produce data capture forms using D.T.P. / WP software.

2. Geography dept. Actual data capture takes place when pupils undertake geography survey.

3. ICT dept. Pupils create database structure and enter geography survey data into the database. Concepts of field, key field, record and file explained. Advantages of databases explained e.g. easy updating of data, easy to perform complex searches, space saving. Networked databases, particularly those networked over wide area networks (WAN), provide the opportunity to transfer information between separate sites. Some examples. A house sold by an estate agency in Bewdley, details of sale entered into database and all branches of the estate agency are aware of the sale. This prevents estate agents from attempting to sell properties which have already been sold. Another example - customers sales file is removed from filing cabinet, this file is unavailable to others until it is returned. If the information is stored in a database more than one person can access the information at any point in time. It would be much harder to arrange organ transplantation without database link ups between hospitals

4. ICT dept. Database security problems. Use of passwords, user log-on numbers, encryption, data masking. Importance of backups and Data Protection Act.  Print out of three complex searches. Data sorted into ascending and descending order. Sorted data printed out. Data transferred to spreadsheets and graphs produced.

5. ICT dept. Transfer of databases over the Internet. We search and sort databases sent by Haggerston school.

6. ICT dept. Write up of findings. Write ups should include:
   1. Details of how to set up a database - including use of data capture forms
   2. How to search and sort a database
   3. How to send database information across the Internet
   4. The security implications of database usage
   5. Risks involved when database materials are sent across the Internet
   6. How to produce graphs by transferring information from a database into a spreadsheet.