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GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION | |
Microsoft Excel home page
Check here for the latest releases, add-ons, sales info & specs. |
http://www.microsoft.com/office/excel/default.htm |
CLASSROOM STRATEGIES & LESSON PLANS | |
To Excel is Elementary
This amazing site by IT specialist Kathy Atkins of Forsyth County, Georgia, USA provides concrete examples of classroom strategies for using Excel at each elementary grade level. A section called "ABCs to Excel" has lesson ideas from A-Z. Another section is dedicated solely to graphing/charting data, again with ideas from A-Z. |
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/spreadsheet.htm |
What Percentage of Your Class is Right or Left-Handed? | http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Algebra/rightleft.html |
Interactive Worksheets with Excel
Simple but powerful use of Excel to make simple Q and A software. Infinite possibilities for customizing practice and assessment tools. |
http://essdack.org/tips/selfcheck.html |
Excel Project Ideas
Good place to look for creative ideas for spreadsheet projects high school students could do in a Computer, Business, or Home Economics class. |
http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~ebrunner/ExcelSuggestions.html |
Example of Excellent Excel Project: Pet Snake Growth Rates and Costs Over Time
OK, so it was done by a Cal Poly student. It's still a very cool example of real-world practical application that could inspire advanced high school computer students looking for a spreadsheet project. |
http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~ebrunner/ExcelSnake.htm |
ONLINE TUTORIALS: | |
Microsoft K-12 Education
Download or view online Microsoft's own "In and Out of the Classroom with Microsoft® Excel®" files, an overview of the program for teachers and administrators (also comes with Academic version of Office). |
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/Tutorials.aspx
(or go to www.microsoft.com, then Education, then Instructional Resources, then Tutorials) |
Creating Pictographs With Excel | http://users.vol.net/edwintam/tips/1/TIP1.HTM |
Calculating Future Value of an Investment With Excel |
http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~ebrunner/Exercises/ExcelRetirement.htm |
DATA SOURCES ON THE WEB | |
Dinosaur Data Files
The Natural History Museum in London, UK offers printable data sheets on 28 different types of dinosaurs, plus a spreadsheet file containing all the basic information for further work |
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online/dinosaur_data_files.html |
To Excel is Elementary--Data Library
Need to get raw data for charting and graphing? Look here for links to population statistics, historical and real-time weather info, USDA nutrient information, and more. |
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/library.htm |
UPDATED VERSION OF THIS RESOURCE LIST | |
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