• create and format spreadsheets
• use formulas and functions to make calculations in spreadsheets 
• identify uses for spreadsheets within K-12 classrooms create bar / line, pictograph, pie, and scatter plot graphs
• evaluate raw data and make decisions about what type of graph will best display that data
• design instruction that incorporates a spreadsheet created in Excel

  B.  Spreadsheets in the Classroom

• Create an alphabetized class list 
• Shoe Graph activity (It's a Shoe In! - Math + Science: A Solution)
• Create a simple gradebook 
• Activities Integrating Math and Science (AIMS) that Generate Data Sets
• By Golly By Gum (Jaw Breakers and Heart Thumpers)
• Are You a Square? (Hardhatting in a Geo-World)
• Inclined Plane (It's Simply Marbleous - Math + Science: A Solution)
• M&M frequency distribution - chi square analysis 
• Practice making charts and graphs 
• Creating an Excel Scatterplot (Office XP) - Duke University Fuqua School of Business
• Creating an Excel Scatterplot (Office 2007)
• Working with Existing Data Sets
• Supermarkets 
• State Population & Electoral Apportionment - Wikipedia 
• Google "crime statistics" - FBI Uniform Crime Reports 
• U.S. Statistical Abstract - U.S. Census Buteau, statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the U.S.
• CIA Fact Book 
• Poodwaddle World Clock 
• Online tools for using spreadsheets in the classroom
• Online Stopwatch / Timer 
• Virtual Dice 
• Kid's Zone 

• Excel Tutorials / Help / How To
• BayCon Group Microsoft Excel Tutorial 
• Integrating Excel (spreadsheets)
• Spreadsheet Magic (ISTE Learning & Leading with Technology article) 
• Integrating Spreadsheets in the Classroom 
• The Next Generation of Teaching and Learning - Indiana Buddy2
• Excel Classroom Examples
• Tree Carbon Content 
• Calculating Carbon Article 
• "What's Your Favorite Color of the Rainbow?" Lesson Plan 
• Favorite Color of the Rainbow Excel 
• Inclined Plane Integrated Science Inquiry Lesson (Lab Practicum Practice)
• Word
• Inclined Plane Unformatted Text 
• PowerPoint
• ramp.jpg
• marble.jpg 
• car_sound.wav 
• Files for practicing on your own
• Directions 
• Formatted Word document 
• PowerPoint 

• Mini Economy Banking Program - Free classrom economy software - Indiana Council for Economic Education
• Articles / Resources about Classroom Economies
• Inflation and Money - Foundation for Teaching Economics
• Example Excel Spreadsheet for a Classroom Economy 
• The classroom Mini-Economy: Integrating Economics into the Middle School and Elementary Classroom - Indiana Dept. of Ed.

• Complete Lesson Plan 2. Due next week.
• Midcourse Reflection. Due next week.