SSAC General Collection Modules

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Carbon Sequestration in Campus Trees part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use allometric relationships to calculate tree mass from trunk diameter in a stand of trees in the Pacific Northwest.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Significant figures, Comparisons; percent difference, change, increase, Logarithms; orders of magnitude; scientific notation, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Manipulating equations, Straight lines and linear functions:Slope, intercept; linear trends, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Nonlinear functions of a single variable:Exponential function, Logarithmic function, Power function, Creating and manipulating tabular data, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :XY scatter plots, Logarithmic scale, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Line- and curve-fitting, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Statistical models; statistical inference; sampling
Subject: Natural science:Biology, Earth science
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Nested Formulas, Other Elementary Math Functions:EXP, LN, Graphs and Charts:Pie Chart
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From Isotopes to Temperature: Working With A Temperature Equation part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build a spreadsheet to examine from a dataset the relation between oxygen isotopes in corals and the temperature of surrounding seawater.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation, Average; weighted average, Comparisons; percent difference, change, increase, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Manipulating equations, Straight lines and linear functions:Slope, intercept; linear trends, Creating and manipulating tabular data, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :Bar graphs; column graphs; stacked bar graphs, XY scatter plots, Line graphs, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Standard deviation; variance; range, Line- and curve-fitting, Goodness of fit (R2)
Subject: Natural science:Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE, STDEV, STDEVP, etc, MAX, MIN, etc, Logic Functions:COUNTIF, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Trendlines, Graphs and Charts:Bar Graph, Line Graph
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Exercise to Calculate River Discharge part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use field data from rivers to understand how river discharge is calculated.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Number operations:Number operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Estimation, Geometry; Trigonometry :Other plane figures, Creating and manipulating tabular data, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Gathering data , Visual display of data :Reading graphs
Subject: Natural science:Earth science
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic

Global Climate: Estimating How Much Sea Level Changes When Continental Ice Sheets Form part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to estimate how far sea level drops during a continental glaciation.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation, Significant figures, Estimation, Logarithms; orders of magnitude; scientific notation, Units and Dimensions:Unit Conversions, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Manipulating equations, Geometry; Trigonometry :Circles (including radians and pi), Spheres
Subject: Natural science:Earth science
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Angles and Trig Functions:PI
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Maximize the Volume of a Box: Exploring Polynomial Functions part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to find the maximum volume of an open-top box by cut-and-folding a sheet of cardboard.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Units and Dimensions:Dimensions, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Manipulating equations, Functions: general:Zeroes of function, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Nonlinear functions of a single variable:Quadratic function, Polynomial function, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Modeling:Forward modeling, Inverse problem, Geometry; Trigonometry :Squares and rectangles, Cubes and rectangular solids, Calculus; Numerical methods:Derivatives and integrals (analytical), Finding maximum/minimum, Creating and manipulating tabular data, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :XY scatter plots
Subject: Mathematics, statistics and computers:Mathematics
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot, Graphs and Charts

First Accounting Cycle, 2 -- Sorting and Grouping Data Using Excel part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets across the Curriculum module. Students work with the spreadsheet they created in Part I to sort and classify the data they entered using a Pivot Table.

Quantitative Concepts: Creating and manipulating tabular data:Organizing and classifying data, Sorting data, Pivot table
Subject: Business, economics and finance : Business
Excel Skills: Other Manipulations and Functions:Pivot Table, Pivot Chart

Chaos in Population Dynamics -- Understanding Chaos in the Logistic Model part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to explore conditions that lead to chaotic behavior in logistic models of populations that grow discretely.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation, Rates, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Nonlinear functions of a single variable:Exponential function, Exponential (geometric) growth:Logistic function, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Multivariable functions, Modeling:Forward modeling, Calculus; Numerical methods:Differential equations including difference equations, Iteration, Creating and manipulating tabular data, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :XY scatter plots, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Line- and curve-fitting, Goodness of fit (R2)
Subject: Mathematics, statistics and computers:Mathematics, Natural science:Biology
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:One Plot, Multiple Plots

Shaking Ground - Linking Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
An in-class activity for connecting earthquake magnitude, shaking, and intensity.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Rates, Units and Dimensions:Unit Conversions, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Nonlinear functions of a single variable:Exponential function, Power function, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Multivariable functions, Modeling:Forward modeling, Geometry; Trigonometry :Circles (including radians and pi), Creating and manipulating tabular data, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :XY scatter plots, Logarithmic scale, Reading graphs
Subject: Natural science:Earth science
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Multiple Plots

Frequency of Large Earthquakes -- Introducing Some Elementary Statistical Descriptors part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students examine the number of large earthquakes (magnitude 7 and above) per year for 1970-1999 and 1940-1999. QL: descriptors of a frequency distribution.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation, Average; weighted average, Rates, Number operations:Number operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, Creating and manipulating tabular data:Sorting data, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :XY scatter plots, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Mean, Standard deviation; variance; range, Quartiles; percentiles, Median; mode, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Probability, Normal distribution, Statistical models; statistical inference; sampling
Subject: Mathematics, statistics and computers:Statistics, Natural science:Earth science
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Arithmetic Functions:SUMPRODUCT, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Other Elementary Math Functions:SQRT, Statistical Functions:One array:COUNT, COUNTA, AVERAGE, MEDIAN, STDEV, STDEVP, etc, VAR, VARP, etc, MAX, MIN, etc, LARGE, SMALL, etc, MODE, QUARTILE, PERCENTILE, Logic Functions:COUNTIF, SUMIF, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:One Plot, Other Manipulations and Functions:Data/Sort

Chemical Equilibrium -- What Are the Characteristics of Equilibrium Reactions? part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to compare the time course of a reaction that goes to completion to that of an equilibrium reaction.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation, Rates:Rates of Change, Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Comparisons; percent difference, change, increase, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Nonlinear functions of a single variable:Exponential decay, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Modeling:Forward modeling, Creating and manipulating tabular data, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :XY scatter plots, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Line- and curve-fitting
Subject: Natural science:Chemistry
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Multiple Plots