Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Salmon Use of Geomorphically Restored Streams at Point Reyes Nat. Seashore
A lesson plan with an accompanying PowerPoint learning module for students where they learn about coho salmon and a repair done to a culvert in Point Reyes National Seashore. The repair was intended to help the salmon make their journey...
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Google for Education: Working With Large Tables of Data
Students work with large tables of GPS data and sort, manipulate, and visualize the data so it can be easily understood.
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Google for Education: Data Aggregation and Decomposition (Python)
Students learn how to use and analyze data to draw conclusions about information collected from classmates. Then they use computational thinking by collecting and aggregating data onto a spreadsheet, identifying patterns in their data,...
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Google for Education: Sorting the World's Cities (Python)
The second of two similar lessons where students learn how a Python program can organize and sort data. When taught in conjunction with Sorting the World's Cities with Excel, students make the connection between writing a program and...
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M3: L1: Layout Options: Formatting a Worksheet
In Module 3 Lesson 1 of this course on spreadsheets, students will learn how to use the formatting tools in spreadsheets to enhance their appearance. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M1: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills
In Module 1 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons. Content is stored in the Resources section. Practice tasks are not available online so teachers would need to...
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Do Dea: M1: L4: Starting Here, Starting Now! Beginning a Spreadsheet
In Module 1 Lesson 4 of this course on spreadsheets, students create their first spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheets: M1:l3: Operating System and Spreadsheet Applications Screen
In Module 1 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students begin learning how to use Microsoft Excel to create spreadsheets. Slideshows walk them through how to navigate the menus and tools of Excel.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M2: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills
In Module 2 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about formulas, functions, and manipulating a spreadsheet. Content is stored in the Resources section. Practice...
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software Applications: M2: L4: Manipulate Data
In Module 2 Lesson 4 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to alter the information in a spreadsheet by manipulating it and formatting. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M2:l3: Working Smarter: Copy Formulas and Functions
In Module 2 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to save time when setting up a spreadsheet by copying functions and formulas. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M2: L2: Shortcuts Anyone? Calculate With Functions
In Module 2 Lesson 2 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to use the built-in functions in Excel so that they don't have to retype a formula each time they use it. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M2: L1: From the Ground Up: Create Basic Formulas
In Module 2 Lesson 1 of this course on spreadsheets, students begin learning how to create formulas in a spreadsheet. They learn also about the importance of remembering the correct order of operations. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M3: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills
In Module 3 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about adding shapes and graphics to spreadsheets, using drawing tools to format them, using the autosum function,...
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M3: L2: In the Library: Calculate With Functions
In Module 3 Lesson 2 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn about naming cells and cell ranges and how a name moves with the range it is attached to. Names can also be used in constructing absolute cell reference formulas....
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M4: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills
In Module 4 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about building charts, using conditional formatting, and enhancing their spreadsheet by inserting images, text, and...
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M4: L4: And This! Inserting Objects and Content
In Module 4 Lesson 4 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to insert text, graphics, and charts into a spreadsheet. They will learn how to import and export data and images between different types of documents. Includes a...
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M4: L3: What's That Layout? Enhancing Charts
In Module 4 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to use advanced features of Excel to simplify analysis of their data, for example, to make predictions about future trends or to take mini-snapshots of data trends...
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Do Dea: Spreadsheets: M4: L2: What Are the Conditions? Calculate With Functions
In Module 4 Lesson 2 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to use conditional formatting to more easily analyze data. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software Applications: M4: L1: Chart It! Working With Charts
In Module 4 Lesson 1 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to build a chart from their spreadsheet data so that it is easier to interpret. Includes a glossary and slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M5: L3: Customization: Modifying a Worksheet
In Module 5 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to work with two or more spreadsheet workbooks at the same time where they have related data and how to create different customized views. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheets: M5: L2:loans and Investments: Calculate With Functions
In Module 5 Lesson 2 of this course on spreadsheets, students will learn how to use the advanced Financial, Logical and Date & Time functions to analyze spreadsheet data. Includes slideshow tutorials.
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M5: L1: Layout and Lay Up: Managing Workbooks
In Module 5 Lesson 1 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to work with large spreadsheets that extend beyond the screen. They will change the view, use split windows, freeze rows and columns, remove gridlines, etc. Includes...
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Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M5: L5: Show Me Your Skills: Practice Skills
In Module 5 Lesson 5 of this course on spreadsheets, students review what they have learned in the previous four lessons about working with large spreadsheets, using advanced functions to analyze data, working on more than one workbook...