Introduction to Microsoft Excel part of Activity Collection
This assignment walks students through the creation of an Excel spreadsheet, step by step. It includes fills, references, formulas, and charts.

Supply Chain Management Simulation Activity part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Data Simulations:Examples
A free online simulation that demonstrated the bull-whip effect, and the complexities of supply chain management, responding to changes in customer demand.

What is the Volume of a Debris Flow? part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet to estimate the volume of volcanic deposits using map, thickness and high-water mark data from the 2005 Panabaj debris flow (Guatemala).

Simple vs. Compound Interest -- Spreadsheeting the Difference part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to tabulate, graph and compare the future value of investments with compound vs. simple interest. Spreadsheet level: beginner.

Vacation! How Long and How Far? -- A Geological Circuit of National Parks in the Colorado Plateau part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students estimate travel times and costs of a driving/camping trip to visit national parks in the Colorado Plateau.

Minimizing Cost while Meeting Nutritional Needs -- An example of linear programming part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use Excel Solver to find the linear combination of servings of two specified foods that minimize cost while meeting nutritional requirements.

Understanding Mortgage Payments part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets across the Curriculum module. Students build Excel spreadsheets to calculate monthly mortgage payments and evaluate how much of their payment is applied to the principle and interest.

Creating a Household Budget part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students track their expenses and use Excel to compare them to Seattle/Tacoma averages. Developed for adult students taking English as a Second Language.

Index Numbers: Gasoline and Inflation -- Why We Need the Consumer Price Index part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to examine the price of gasoline, 1978-2005. QL: using ratios and proportions to make comparisons.

Investing for Retirement part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use the Compound Interest Equation and an annuity equation to calculate the growth of investments over time.