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...
Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Data Aggregation and Decomposition (Python)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how to use and analyze data to draw conclusions about information collected from classmates. Then they use computational thinking by collecting and aggregating data onto a spreadsheet, identifying patterns in their data,...
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...
Lesson Plan
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...
Activity
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.
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,...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Comparing Two Fossil Localities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
During this lesson middle schoolers go on a field trip to locate fossils. Students investigate their findings and identify them using resources from the Internet. They then videoconference to compare/contrast their hypotheses with those...
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...
Lesson Plan
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...