BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: SPREADSHEETS, WORD TEMPLATE, NARRATED POWERPOINT

Name: Erin Tinnell

Grade Level: 4th grade
Content Area: Science
Basic Productivity Tool Used: Microsoft Excel
Standards Addressed: S4CS4. Students will use ideas of system, model, change, and scale in
exploring scientific and technological matters.
c. Identify patterns of change in thingssuch as steady, repetitive, or irregular changeusing
records, tables, or graphs of measurements where appropriate.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Description of how to implement in the class:
Students will acquire the basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Students will spend a day in the
computer lab working on Microsoft Excel. Students will practice inputting data. Students will practice
creating a graph while using the spreadsheet. Students will turn in an example graph to be graded on
their knowledge of the software. If more time is needed students can spend two days in the computer
lab. Students who constructed their graph the first day will help students who are having trouble.
Students will observe the average amount of rainfall in Georgia in inches. They will collect the data
and input into an excel spreadsheet. Students will use Microsoft Excel to create a bar graph based
upon the data collected. Students will analyze their graph and identify patterns of change in rainfall.
Students will work with a partner to design an informational report about why each month had a
different average rainfall using their graph made in Microsoft Excel as a reference and visual aid.
Students will present their findings to the class.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): LoTi level 3. Students are using technology and it is
for a content related activity where they use higher levels of Blooms Taxonomy. Student assume the
professional role, the tasks can have unpredictable results, and they collaborate to create a product.
Description of the sample spreadsheet and graph/chart provided *:
As you can see there is an example of how the students graph made in Microsoft Excel will look like.
Showing this example to the class will help them recognize what is expected of them. They can use it
as a template to design their graph.
Other comments about your proposed spreadsheet/graph/chart activity:
Students could extend their knowledge on Microsoft Excel and make two different kinds of graphs, a
bar graph and a pie graph for example.
Students could display their knowledge of Microsoft Excel and complete a scavenger hunt using
different skills that they observed.