SSAC General Collection Modules
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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.
Subject: Natural science:Chemistry, Biology, Earth science
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Nested Formulas, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Trendlines, Graphs and Charts:Bar Graph, Line Graph, Logic Functions:COUNTIF, Statistical Functions:One array:MAX, MIN, etc, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE, STDEV, STDEVP, etc
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Getting Your Fair Share -- Jelly beans, student groups, and Alexander Hamilton part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheet Across the Curriculum module. Students develop an Excel spreadsheet to work with the quota method of apportionment designed by Alexander Hamilton.
Subject: Social science:History
Excel Skills: Other Manipulations and Functions:ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDOWN, Logic Functions:IF, Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Arithmetic Functions:SUM, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Statistical Functions:One array:LARGE, SMALL, etc
Grade Calculation part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. This activity introduces the student to the concept of weighted averages by asking them to calculate course grades and grade point averages.
Subject: Education, Mathematics, statistics and computers:Mathematics
Excel Skills: Other Manipulations and Functions:Lookup Functions, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Arithmetic Functions:SUM, Basic Arithmetic:Nested Formulas, Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE, LARGE, SMALL, etc
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.
Subject: Mathematics, statistics and computers:Statistics, Natural science:Earth science
Excel Skills: Logic Functions:COUNTIF, SUMIF, Statistical Functions:One array:PERCENTILE, Other Manipulations and Functions:Data/Sort, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:One Plot, Statistical Functions:One array:STDEV, STDEVP, etc, Other Elementary Math Functions:SQRT, Basic Arithmetic:Nested Formulas, Statistical Functions:One array:COUNT, COUNTA, AVERAGE, QUARTILE, Basic Arithmetic:Arithmetic Functions:SUMPRODUCT, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Statistical Functions:One array:MODE, LARGE, SMALL, etc, MAX, MIN, etc, MEDIAN, VAR, VARP, etc
Is It Hot in Here? -- Spreadsheeting Conversions in the English and Metric Systems part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across Curriculum module/Introductory chemistry course. Students build spreadsheets to examine unit conversions between the metric and English systems. Spreadsheet level: Beginner.
Subject: Natural science:Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Earth science
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:One Plot, Basic Arithmetic:Nested Formulas, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Trendlines, Statistical Functions:Two arrays:TREND
Creating a Household Budget part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection: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.
Subject: Business, economics and finance :Finance, Mathematics, statistics and computers:Mathematics
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Arithmetic Functions:SUM, Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE, Graphs and Charts:Pie Chart, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas
Calibrating a Pipettor part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum activity. In advance of an actual lab activity, students virtually simulate the calibration of a laboratory micropipettor. QL: Accuracy and precision.
Subject: Natural science:Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
Excel Skills: Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Error Bars, Graphs and Charts:Bar Graph:Clustered, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Multiple Plots, Basic Arithmetic:Nested Formulas, Statistical Functions:One array:COUNT, COUNTA, AVERAGE, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:One Plot, Other Elementary Math Functions:SQRT, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Statistical Functions:One array:STDEV, STDEVP, etc, Basic Arithmetic:Arithmetic Functions:SUM