In class tonight, we worked on spreadsheets. I haven't done any work recently with spreadsheets so it was a good activity to refresh my memory. We did a magic square - slightly frustrating, and a budget.
I would like to do the magic square with my 8th graders. I think they would enjoy the challenge. I can see the value in teaching the kids to do a budget too. I explored several sites during class that listed activities to do in the classroom using spreadsheets. Budgets were featured in many of the activities. I really love the idea of planning a trip to Disney World. I am a Disney fanatic, and I think it would be neat to give the kids a budget, and have them plan all the aspects of the trip (travel, hotel, food, admissions, etc.).
Another activity I found again related to the M&M activity. There is a web quest that involves an imaginary employee for M&M Mars that was hired to do quality control. This person then follows all the links and completes the M&M activities, including a spreadsheet. I can't wait to try it. I think the kids will really enjoy it.
I will definitely try to incorporate spreadsheets into my classroom this year!
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I think that your ideas for webquests sound fun. I would love to do the M&M webquest too, but there is not much use for it in the 6th grade LA curriculum. LOL
Trinie
I checked out the m& m site, very cool
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