Lesson Plan 5

Candy Giangiulio
Title: Practical Use of MS Excel to Compare Fundraisers Grade: 8 Subject: Math Objective: Creating an Excel Workbook That Charts and Compares Various Fundraisers Standards: 1. Keyboarding 2. Gathering and Organizing Information in a Spreadsheet 3. Creating Multiple Related Spreadsheets (Workbook) 4. Review Creating a Chart 5. Creating an Analysis Page That Interprets the Findings 6. Teach Margins, Centering, Headers and Footers Materials/Sites: MS Excel & Fundraiser Data Procedures: The students will begin with a list of fundraiser data: supplies and their costs, charge for each item being sold (if applicable), and a total $ amount of intake. Discuss with the students how they might lay this information out on a spreadsheet so it is easy to read and access necessary info. They will open excel and rename the first tab of the workbook whatever the fundraiser was (i.e. 8th Grade Hoagie Sale). Please note: These fundraisers can be actual fundraisers or imaginary. Guide them through laying out the information in an orderly fashion as you do it on the Smart Board. They will apply (copy, wherever applicable) formulas where necessary, being sure to show total profit or loss of that particular fundraiser. Continue adding to the workbook by applying fundraiser information to each of the worksheet pages, naming them as you go (i.e. Hot Dog Day, Walkathon, etc.). Once all the information is entered, discuss and review creating charts. What do they want their charts to show? The children will include charts on each worksheet. These charts could show cost vs. income, or only costs (Which item costs the most, how can we reduce it?) Whatever you want the chart to show, each chart should follow the same format so they can be compared at a glance. On the last sheet of the workbook, the children will summarize what was accomplished with each fundraiser and which one they feel was most cost effective. Finally, show the children a print preview and discuss how to label and clean it up so it fits nice and is easy to read. Show them how to change the margins and center their information appropriately. They can then fix and change their own. Print out one page (worksheet) and discuss with them how it is hard to tell at a glance (on the printed page) what it is about. Show them how to add headers and footers. Discuss what you might put into a header/footer that is informative to the reader. When finished, be sure they do print previews to fine tune their workbook. This may be a good time to discuss how once you set-up the worksheets, you can use them next year by renaming the workbook and updating the numbers. Variations: The children could help calculate how many of each supply is needed, based on the students taking part (i.e. straws, pizzas, etc.). They could also research prices of items. If a major supplier is being used, for example Dominoes Pizza, the

children could include a web link. Also, the children could add relevant comments to some cells of note.
Grading Rubric: Excel Spreadsheets Assignment Description NonProficient 1 points Organization Data is placed haphazardly throughout the spreadsheet; row or column headings are poorly chosen or nonexistent; Only one worksheet is used to organize data. Data Input & Data provided Calculations is incomplete or entered incorrectly, formulas and functions are used incorrectly or not at all, several mathematical errors. Partially Proficient 2 points Multiple worksheets are used, but may not be labeled or in logical order. Proficient 3 points Multiple worksheets are used, labeled and ordered logically. Placement of data is logical, but could be improved. Advanced 4 points Multiple sheets are labeled and ordered. Place ment of data shows planning and facilitates easy reading & comprehension. No empty rows or columns between data fields or records. Data provided is entered correctly, formulas AND functions are used wherever appropriate without error. Formulas include links between sheets of the workbook whenever possible. Score

Data provided is entered correctly, formulas are used (or attempted) sporadically, use of functions is not attempted, 2-3 mathematica l errors.

Data provided is entered correctly, formulas AND functions are used wherever appropriate, with no more than 1 mathematic al error. Formulas do not link sheet to sheet. Cell and text formatting options (like font size, bold, justification and text color) effectively emphasize important

Formatting Cell and text formatting options are not utilized.

Cell and text formatting options are used, but not effective in emphasizing data.

Cell and text formatting options are used wherever possible to organize and emphasize data (including extras like borders, number and special

values. formatting & Formatting input masks). of decimal places is not done. Chart Chart was not Information attempted or the data range selected for the chart was completely irrelevant or inputted incorrectly. The source data is correct, but the chart lacks one or more of the following: title, axis labels, legend. data series have not been renamed or are nondescript. The source data is correct and the chart has a title, axis labels, and legend; data series have been named. Chart title, labels and series names are well thought out, making the chart easy to understand. The chart includes multiple data series demonstrating firm grasp of charting in Excel.

Analysis Page

Analysis was completely irrelevant

Analysis was not well thought out; could have used more effort Used proper keyboarding some of the time

Analysis was well thought out but was slightly lacking

Good analysis; well thought out; items were appropriately analyzed based on findings

Keyboarding

Did not use proper keyboarding

Used proper Consistently keyboarding used proper most of the keyboarding time
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Total Score