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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Creating Spreadsheets Using Ms Excel

For Students 9th - 10th
This Georgia State University site gives in outline form the basic principles of using spreadsheet software. At the end of the outlines, specific uses for spreadsheets in recordkeeping are suggested.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Creating a Household Budget

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum PowerPoint module, students create a household budget by tracking their expenditures over a month-long period. Students use Microsoft Excel to create a spreadsheet to track their own...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Creating a Budget

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity, students will learn how to become a wise consumer by creating a budget based on needs and wants. Students will create a weekly budget with a variable income using the interactive app MWB: My Weekly Budget...
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Microsoft

Microsoft Education Lesson Plan: Candy Is Dandy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated lesson that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.
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Other

Making a Word Find With Microsoft Excel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers and students can create a word find using Excel. It will help them learn to manipulate columns and rows and format and lock cells. This plan is based upon 10 word or phrases on any topic.
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Other

Tonya Skinner Business Ed Lesson Plans: Grocery Shopping

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners to plan a class party while organizing the budget details in a spreadsheet program. Learners will demonstrate computer skills in inputting data, formatting data, and...
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Excel Formulas: Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
A function is a predefined formula that performs calculations using specific values in a particular order. All spreadsheet programs include common functions that can be used for quickly finding the sum, average, count, maximum value, and...
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Excel Formulas: Simple Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most powerful features in Excel is the ability to calculate numerical information using formulas. Just like a calculator, Excel can add, subtract, multiply, and divide. In this lesson, we'll show you how to use cell references...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Perspectives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students utilize data tables culled from the US DOE Energy Information Agency to create graphs that illustrate what types of energy we use and how we use it. An MS Excel workbook with several spreadsheets of data is provided. Students...
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Other

Think Free Office

For Students 9th - 10th
ThinkFree allows you to create, view, publish, edit, and share word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, all online. Sign up and have access to all of your documents from anywhere that you have web access. The website...
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Google Drive

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, learn how to use this cloud-based program to create and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more.
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Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Excel Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this online instructional activity, students will survey students in their school to determine their favorite type of hand-held ice cream. Before performing the survey, students will make predictions about which ice creams they think...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Design Your Own Bedroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Many students dream of designing their ideal bedroom. In this exercise, students will be required to limit their designs by size (as a specific volume) and price (a specific amount). They must design the floor plan, including furniture...