Looking for MySQL teaching materials for High School students

[mark]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Dan Coutu <coutu at snowy-owl.com> wrote:
> My local high school's tech center is looking for learning materials
> (e.g. books) that will help students to understand the basics of how to
> use MySQL. Ideally some discussion of database normalization and how to
> design a database schema for an application would also be found is these
> materials.
>
> Does anybody have pointers to such things?


The SAMS "MySQL Crash Course" book is a great overview that should be
deep enough to give them the understanding without overwhelming them
with more info than they need to get started.

I think that Design & normalization ought to be separate topics from
any one product.  There's a sharp contrast between learning
"databases" as a concept, and learning a specific db implementation
and all it's assorted tools.

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mark