Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M1: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 1 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons. Content is stored in the Resources section. Practice tasks are not available online so teachers would need to...
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M3: L2: In the Library: Calculate With Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 3 Lesson 2 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn about naming cells and cell ranges and how a name moves with the range it is attached to. Names can also be used in constructing absolute cell reference formulas....
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M4: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 4 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about building charts, using conditional formatting, and enhancing their spreadsheet by inserting images, text, and...
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software Applications: M4: L1: Chart It! Working With Charts

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 4 Lesson 1 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to build a chart from their spreadsheet data so that it is easier to interpret. Includes a glossary and slideshow tutorials.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M5: L4: Work With Me! Collaboration Options

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 5 Lesson 4 of this course on spreadsheets, students will learn how to collaborate on a spreadsheet document while working from different locations. Includes slideshow tutorials.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M6: L3: Outside the Box: Get External Data

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 6 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students will learn how to import data that is in different formats and from a variety of sources, and transpose and format it. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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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...
Lesson Plan
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...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Digital Divide: A Data Analysis Activity Using Subtotals

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A lesson plan that includes a PowerPoint learning module for students. The purpose of the lesson plan is to teach how to use Excel to analyze a large amount of data, in this case from the US Census. The example being used is the...
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NASA

Nasa: Cosmic Chemistry: An Elemental Question

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the periodic table like never before! This downloadable program module for students comes absolutely complete with teacher modules, student assessments, PowerPoints, Excel spreadsheets, historical text readings and more. Students...
Unit Plan
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...
Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Excel Formulas: Complex Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple formula is a mathematical expression with one operator, such as 7+9. A complex formula has more than one mathematical operator, such as 5+2*8. When there is more than one operation in a formula, the order of operations tells...
Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Sorting the World's Cities (Python)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The second of two similar lessons where students learn how a Python program can organize and sort data. When taught in conjunction with Sorting the World's Cities with Excel, students make the connection between writing a program and...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Spreadsheet Guide for Teachers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Spreadsheet is a wonderful tool with applications well beyond simple calculations. This site provides a collection of lesson plans, tutorials and worksheets that help bring spreadsheets into the classroom.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Simple vs. Compound Interest Spreadsheeting the Difference

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that includes a PowerPoint learning module for students. The goal of the instructional activity is to learn the difference between simple and compound interest and to use the functions in Excel to perform the calculations...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Mole in Chemistry: Determining the Number of Atoms in Everyday Items

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of the mole as a measure of quantity. They build spreadsheets that allow them to convert between moles, grams, and atomic mass units for given quantities of everyday items, elements, and simple chemical...
Activity
Other

Fast Food Fun

For Students 9th - 10th
Use your knowledge of spreadsheets to analyze the calories and fat content of fast food choices. This project gives links to a USDA site and a final report format. A sample spreadsheet and grading rubric is also provided.
Lesson Plan
Other

Personal: Let's Go Shopping

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a student activity that allows learners to practice spreadsheet skills in inputting data and creating function formulas. The activity is based on the collection and comparison of shopping receipts using max,...
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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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Other

Jan's Web Work: Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated and interactive web tutorial that guides learners through to achieving strong, basic computer knowledge. The tutorial is broken into chapters with interactive quizzes.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M1: L2: Ethical and Efficient Use of Computers

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 1 Lesson 2 of this course, students are introduced to issues related to copyright, public domain, and licensing agreements. They will also learn about industry certification for this course on spreadsheet applications.
Activity
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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University of Oregon

Magnet Lab: University of Oregon Virtual Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
The collection of interactive physics applets offered by the University of Oregon is an excellent resource for students. The applets are grouped in broad subject areas including astrophysics, energy and environment, mechanics and...
Activity
University of Waterloo (Canada)

Wired Math: Organizing Data Grade 7 [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
A collection of worksheets that focus on data analysis and organizing data. Includes detailed examples, colorful visuals, and a link to a related game. Acrobat Reader required.

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