[school-discuss] MySQL in classroom

[Scott Sherrill <scott@hancock.k12.mi.us>]

I am going to be teaching a High School computer course this fall, 
and one of the components I want to cover is databases and in 
particular SQL queries.

I am going to use MySQL for my DB both because it's free and it's 
what I already have familiarity with.

What I am wondering though is does anyone have, or can point me at a 
large collection of data to populate the DB?  I am thinking access to 
a DB with a thousand+ entries maybe a couple tables etc.  Something 
interesting that the kids could query but large enough that they 
can't calculate anything by hand.

Anybody have a DB I can snag?

On a related note anybody else teaching MySQL and would be willing to 
share their resources?

Thanks,

Scott
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Scott Sherrill
Technology Coordinator Hancock Public Schools
Hancock, MI
http://www.hancock.k12.mi.us