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Papa’s Pizzeria
Final Database Project
Papa’s Pizzeria
Materials/Supplies
IB Design Notebooks
Pencil and ruler
Laptop
MS Access
Internet access
Dropbox online storage
Problem Scenario
Papa Giuseppe is an
87-year old man who
recently moved from New
Jersey to Arizona.
He makes fabulous pizza
(from a secret family
recipe), but knows nothing
about computers.
You and your table partner have been hired as
database designers to create a solution for Papa’s
Pizzeria so he can easily track customers’ information
and orders, and focus on what he loves to do the
most – making delicious pizza!
Plan the Solution
Guiding Question
 Using
each stage of the IB Design Cycle, how
will your team solve Papa’s problem?
 Write the following steps in your IB Design
Notebook, along with a description of what
you will do to complete each of them:
 Investigate
 Plan
 Design
 Create
 Evaluate
Answers
Evaluate the database on your
computer’s display. Enter customer data
and orders to test the database’s
functionality. Adjust and edit as
necessary. Design and run SQL queries
and reports. Generate graphs.
1. Do the queries
accurately
return the data
requests? (see
supplemental material)
Investigate
Step 1
Investigate pizza restaurants:
Go to www.papajohns.com.
In your IB Design Notebook,
write a list of criteria that is
needed to maintain customer
information and orders.
Evaluate
Plan
Step 5
2. Does the form
appear neatly
formatted and
easy to read?
3. Are there any
typos, misspelled
fields or data
entry errors?
Create the table and
form. Using MS Access,
create the database
according to steps #2
and #2.
Create
Step 4
Step 2
Design
Step 3
Design the form. In your IB
Design Notebook, sketch the
layout of the fields, heading
and location of images.
Identify combo box fields.
Plan the type of
database you’d
like to create (flat
or relational ). In
your IB Design
Notebook, write
the headings:
field names, data
types and
descriptions, and
list the criteria for
the table(s).
Determine the
primary key. List
combo box
values.
Mark! Set! Go!
Instructions
Work with your table partner.
Use your IB Design Notebook and the steps of the IB
Design Cycle to investigate, plan, design, create
and evaluate a database solution that includes:
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One (or two) tables (determine flat or relational?)
One form with combo boxes.
One query – your choice of criteria. Must include
a calculation.
One report based upon the query.
Amp it Up! Create additional queries and reports
as desired. Add navigational/refresh buttons to
your form.
What’s next?
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Team presentations
Peer and self-evaluations