Try out one of these tutorials on using databases.

http://www.geekgirls.com/menu_databases.htm
http://t3.k12.hi.us/t302-03/tutorials/db/home1.html
http://www.manassas.k12.va.us/round/ClassWeb/Volz/dbclass.htm
http://cisnet.baruch.cuny.edu/holowczak/classes/2200/access/accessall.html

Print out three lesson plans that use a database.

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/Curriculum/Computer.skills/lssnplns/Database/dbtoc.htm
http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~edtech/class/spread/d-index.htm

1. Washingtonpost.com is the online version of this national newspaper. Conducting searches of its database of articles is free. Using "education" as a search term, find an interesting article, read it, and write a summary.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/front.htm
   
   
2. Use the Children's Picture Book database to find three books on any topic that a teacher might use in the classroom.
   http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/
   
   
3. Use this database from the U.S. Census Bureau to find out how common your first name and last name are.
   http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html