Spreadsheet MagicDozens of new lessons and activities enrich the second edition of this popular favorite, proof of how flexible and effective a teaching tool the humble spreadsheet can be. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Practical Magic | 13 |
Getting Started with Spreadsheets | 19 |
Quick Reference Guide for Using Excel | 29 |
Standards by Lesson | 36 |
FirstGrade Lessons | 47 |
March Weather Watch MATH SCIENCE LANGUAGE ARTS | 55 |
Pets Survey MATH | 64 |
ThirdGrade Lessons | 87 |
Designing Place Cards MATH LANGUAGE ARTS | 112 |
Music Survey MATH MUSIC | 134 |
FifthGrade Lessons | 141 |
Finding Prime Numbers MATH | 149 |
Fairy Tales LANGUAGE ARTS | 155 |
SixthGrade Lessons | 161 |
Travel Slideshow MATH | 176 |
Change for a Bill MATH | 67 |
Money to Spend MATH | 72 |
AppleTasting Survey MATH | 80 |
Analyzing Complex Patterns MATH | 181 |
Comparing Countries SOCIAL STUDIES MATH | 189 |
Common terms and phrases
answer Areas and Standards arrow bar graph Beginning Letters bingo card Brainstorming calculate CD-ROM cells with color cells you want check mark choose coin tosses column width Computer Activity Concept Maps copy and paste create Decimals degree symbol delete document double-click Edit menu fill cells Fill Color palette Format borders Format menu Formatting toolbar formula Fractions grid Higher-Order Thinking Skills highlight the cells Insert Clip Art Insert menu Internet Janell Cannon Language Arts Lesson Description Students Magic Square Math Problems Mathematics Microsoft Office move Name number line number patterns Pets pictograph picture Pledge of Allegiance Practiced Subject Areas Prime Numbers random numbers resize right-click row or column Skills Practiced Subject slideshow Sort Spreadsheet Skills Practiced Standards Addressed NETS Stellaluna Student Instructions students click students enter Students open tally marks teacher Tools menu WordArt words worksheet X X X