SSAC General Collection Modules
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Archimedes and Pi part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets across the Curriculum Activity. Student build spreadsheets that allow them to estimate pi using the same iterative process as Archimedes.
Subject: Social science:History, Mathematics, statistics and computers:Mathematics
Excel Skills: Logic Functions, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Logic Functions:IF, Basic Arithmetic
How Large is the Great Pyramid of Giza? -- Would it make a wall that would enclose France? part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students calculate the volume of the Great Pyramid and, following Napoleon, estimate whether its volume is large enough to make a wall around France.
Subject: Mathematics, statistics and computers:Mathematics, Social science:History
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas
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
What Time Did The Potato Die? part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Simulating a forensic calculation, students build spreadsheets and create graphs to find the time of death of a potato victim from temperature vs. time data.
Subject: Social science:Sociology (Criminology), Natural science:Biology
Excel Skills: Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:One Plot, Multiple Plots, Trendlines
Illegal Software Installation: Tracking software piracy rates around the world part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets across the Curriculum Module. Students use spreadsheets to analyze data on software piracy rates in various regions throughout the world
Subject: Library and information Science, Social science:Sociology (Criminology), Mathematics, statistics and computers:Computers
Excel Skills: Other Manipulations and Functions:Pivot Table, Pivot Chart, Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Angles and Trig Functions:PI, Graphs and Charts:Bar Graph:Clustered, Stacked
How Far is Yonder Mountain? -- A Trig Problem part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use Polya's problem-solving heuristic to find the distance of a peak using vertical angles sighted from a wagon train heading toward the peak.
Subject: Social science:Geography, Mathematics, statistics and computers:Mathematics
Excel Skills: Angles and Trig Functions:TAN, ATAN, ATAN2, Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Angles and Trig Functions:PI, COS, ACOS