[11/11] Spreadsheet in the classroom

Single Use Spreadsheets (7-10th grades)

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/single_use_ss.htm

Through this lesson, each student should accomplish a single task. The subjects proposed for this lesson plan are founded in everyday life so very familiar to students; for example, calculating the price per ounce of a favorite cereal, determine the price per square inch of a pizza, estimate the price of objects on sale for some given percentage off, and the cost of buying everyone in the world a Coke.
The task consists of 3 steps. First, students would plan information and correct data needed. Second, they would create the spread sheet and write the equation. Last, students would find a clip art image to match the topic and insert the image on the spreadsheet. Or they would decorate the spreadsheet by filling colors in cells or drawing borders around cells.

I think this lesson plan is useful. This task is simple and use usual subjects, so it can attack students’ interests. Also, Students can develop their problem-solution ability in the process of 3 steps that they have to do all by themselves.

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