Dr. Alice Christie's Using Spreadsheets in K-12 Classrooms

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Existing Data The Natural History Museum Dinosaur Data Files Math Forum's Exploring Data Kids Count Math Forum's Data Sets Kathy Adkins' Data Library Interactive Data Data Picking Interactive data collection from BBC that provide students a game to test their knowledge of what is collected and make comparisons. A MUST use site! A Shopping Spree Activity A great interactive spreadsheet that takes you shopping to Walmart and Toys R Us. Can you spend $1,000.00? Climate Data Workbook An interactive charting workbook that lets you compare the climate of two U.S. cities. MathsNet Interactive Spreadsheets Create a Graph What is the Average Height of Your Class? Basketball Math Interactive An interactive math game that highlights a bar graph as one of the items. Global Grocery List Project An opportunity for students to gather data and submit online to a collaborative project. Math Forum's Collaborative Projects National Library of Virtual Manipulative's for Interactive Mathematics Table of Contents for Grades 3-8 (Harcourt) Collecting and Organizing Data (Harcourt) Making Circle Graphs (Harcourt) Bar Graphs (Harcourt) Double Bar Graphs (Harcourt) Spreadsheet Examples by Teachers & Students Graphs and Stories A must-see site Mr. Leahy's Fifth Grade Students' Graphs To Excel in the Classroom Kathy Adkins' site with multiple resources and ideas for teachers The ABCs to Excel by Kathy Adkins The ABCs of Things to Graph by Kathy Adkins Create a Timeline in Microsoft Excel Graphing 'Round Our School Graphing Through the Year with Mrs. Opyr's Class Probability from Shamrock Lane Water Usage Check out the introductory chart and worksheets. The class examples are NOT active links, however. TeachersNet.com Graphing Fun A long list of graphing ideas! Spreadsheet Ideas for Teachers Population Hunt Graphing Your Favorite Pizza Toppings Wisconsin Kindergarten's Use of Graphs Data Types and Matching Graphs Middle School or above. Excel Template Examples ThinkQuestSchool Spreadsheet Safari At this website you'll learn about the history of spreadsheets, how to use them, and vocabulary. You will find out how spreadsheets can be used in a variety of school subjects and how they can help you organize information and practice skills. There are also some cool quizzes and puzzles. Faubion Middle School's Noon Shadow Observation Project Be sure to click on the results section. East Ramapo Instructional Technology Spreadsheet Activities The focus of this page is on the importance of using spreadsheets in your curriculum and the educational value of spreadsheet activities to improve student achievement. Carol Hurst's Data Gathering and Analyzing Lots of resources linking literature to data gathering and analysis. Online Lesson Utilizing Spreadsheets Creating Pictographs in Excel Lesson Plan Objective - Students will complete a survey in Excel and create a spreadsheet using their data. Creating pictographs with Excel Step-by-step directions MiddleSchool.net Lessons The PROBABILITY of Pintails Daily Math Graph & Yes/No Questions You Can Make a Graph! Directions for making graphs Downloadable Files Glossaries MathsNet: What is a Spreadsheet Teach-Nology: Spreadsheets Creating Excel Templates with Elementary Students Spreadsheet Activities Good ideas including Timelines, Interview Forms, Simple Graphing, Civil War & More Simple Graphing, Not So Simple Graphing, Probability Experiment - though difficult to read! The A to Z of Spreadsheets A spreadsheet glossary Online Resources Kathy Adkins' Teacher Resources Kathy Adkins' Excel-lent Links Fibonacci Numbers and Nature Fibonacci numbers can be generated on a spreadsheet. This site looks in detail at where, how and why they occur in the natural world. There are many colorful, clear diagrams, and animations of growing plants. Sabine Parish School District Excel Resources and Ideas LT Technologies Spreadsheet Resources MathsNet: Spreadsheet Animations Maths Through Spreadsheets Bryan Dye's link for the online purchase of a colletion of three books that are collections of problems, puzzles and activities to help you use spreadsheets as a medium for investigating mathematics Graphing and Computers in Grades 3-5 by Fred Ventura, Ph.D. Using Spreadsheets in the Classroom A list of links to online spreadsheet resources Articles EXCEL-lent Middle School Math Lessons! Arizona Standards Academic K-12 Standards Early Childhood Education Standards