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Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010 This class is designed to cover the following basics: What
you can do with Excel Excel Ribbon Moving and selecting cells Formatting cells Adding
Worksheets, Rows and Columns Resizing Rows and Columns Freezing Panes Formulas
Functions Sorting Charts Autofill Styles

Microsoft Excel 2010 Excel allows you to create spreadsheets much like paper ledgers that can
perform automatic calculations. Each Excel file is a workbook that can hold many worksheets.
The worksheet is a grid of columns (designated by letters) and rows (designated by numbers).
The letters and numbers of the columns and rows (called labels) are displayed in gray buttons
across the top and left side of the worksheet. The intersection of a column and a row is called a
cell. Each cell on the spreadsheet has a cell address that is the column letter and the row number.
Cells can contain text, numbers, or mathematical formulas.
Microsoft Excel 2010 Screen Elements Excel Ribbon Traditional menus and toolbars from
earlier versions were left behind in the 2010 Microsoft products. They have been replaced with
the Ribbon. The Ribbon is the row of icons and short cuts that perform commands and function,
depending on what Ribbon Tab you have selected. The Ribbon is arranged into groups of related
commands. Heres a quick overview of Excels Ribbon tabs:
File: You can Save, Save As, Open, Close, Print and create a New workbook using this Tab.
The File Tab does not look like the rest of the Ribbons youll see when you click on the row of
menu options. Instead, in the File Tab, you see the above options (and more) listed on the lefthand side of the screen. In addition, you can set Permissions, set up the file to be Shared with
others and access Version Management in the middle of the screen. You can also look at the

Properties of the file on the right-hand side of the screen. Microsoft sometimes refers to what
you see when you click on the File Tab as the Backstage View. Again, this is a companion
feature to the Ribbon and doesnt look like the other Ribbons. Home: Youll probably spend
most of your time with the Home Tab selected. This tab contains the basic Clipboard commands,
Formatting commands, Style commands, commands to insert and delete rows or columns, plus
an assortment of worksheet Editing commands. Insert: Select this tab when you need to insert
something in a worksheet a table, a diagram, a chart, symbol, and so on.

Lesson Plan Title : Introduction to Microsoft Excel

Overview and Purpose: A basic review of excel toolbars, buttons, functions,cursors,
and intro to the use of formulas.
Goals:
1.Each student will gain the basic skills needed to operate and navigate MS Excel.
2.Identify, gather and input data into a spreadsheet.
3.Successfully create, copy and paste formulas and functions.
4. to be able to work collaboratively with peers in groups.
5. Successfully print areas of the spreadsheet.
6. Identify Excel as a tool used for manipulating data.
Objectives:
1.Identify ways of utilizing Excel as a tool
2. Students will be able to identify and create a spreadsheet.
3. Students will successfully record data and be able to create, copy and paste
formulas and functions.
4. Students will acquire information using various resources.
5. Review of standard and formatting toolbars and menus within Excel.
6 . Review of worksheets,workbooks,cells,columns,rows,and Excel cursors
7. Introduction of basic use of formulas in Excel.
Resources:
LCD Projector, handouts, audio equipment.
Students will be provided a computer workstation in the computer lab.

Students will utilize Microsoft Excel to develop a spreadsheet using the data they
obtain.
Students will have access to the Internet.
Students will be given a copy of the rubric to refer to while working on this lesson.
A laptop/projector set up will be provided for presentation.
A flash drive will be used to save and copy student work onto the laptop.
A shared drive will be available to store completed spreadsheets.

Brief Description
Students integrate technology, language arts, and art to create a PowerPoint
presentation.
Objectives
Students

locate letters on a keyboard;

correctly type, illustrate, read, and record a sentence;

work cooperatively to include a sentence in a PowerPoint presentation.

Key Concepts
PowerPoint, colors, sentence structure, cooperative learning
Materials Needed

a computer with PowerPoint software installed

a sample of a previously completed PowerPoint presentation

several pieces of copy paper with one sentence written on each

a microphone

crayons

Lesson Plan
Help your students create a PowerPoint presentation incorporating
technology into the subjects of reading, art, and computer literacy. The
theme in this presentation is colors, but other themes, such as
multiculturalism and holidays, can also be used. (For a tutorial on using
PowerPoint, go to the Education World article PowerPoint -- Creating
Classroom Presentations.)
Introduction

Prepare an opening slide that includes the title of the project and name
of the class. If possible, include a class photo.

Tell students they are going to watch a slide show on the computer
that is called a PowerPoint show. As each slide appears, call attention to
such elements of the presentation as pictures, sounds, colors, and
transitions.

Compare the slides to pages of a book. This helps activate prior

schema.

Tell students that they are going to make a presentation to show their
parents on parent-teacher conference day.

Computer, level: Middle

Posted Mon Feb 14 21:13:49 PST 2005 by Dan Britton (dbritton@cascade.k12.or.us).
Power Point Animal Presentation
School, Turner Oregon USA
Materials Required: Internet Computer Power Point
Activity Time: 10 Class Days
Concepts Taught: Power Point
OBJECTIVE: Create a Multimedia animal report using PowerPoint and then Present it
to the class. The subject will be an animal of your choice.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: Each slide must contain a picture, text, background and
transition.
American Hero Slide Show Requirements
Requirements Points
1. Title Slide.
2. Scientific Name of Animal.
3. Range and Habitat Map.
4. Diet.
5. Physical Description Size, Weight, Length Ect.
6. Breeding Info: Eggs, Live young, number of young ect.
7. Special Behaviors or Unique Anatomical features.
8. Weird Info.
9. Video, Sound file or Graph of Animal.
10. Conclusion

Grade: 6
Class: Computers
Topic: Biography in MS Word
Time: 5 periods
Objective: Students will be able to utilize basic features of Microsoft Word to create a report that showcases who they are as individuals.
Activity:
1. Each day, the teacher will give a mini-lesson on some key features of Microsoft Word.
2. Students will use Microsoft Word to create a multi-part biography report
a. Essay about themselves
b. Table with favorite things
c. Graphic organizer with words to describe themselves
d. ClipArt collage
3. Students will take a self-portrait using a digital camera.
a. Students will edit their photograph to add a caption, costume, or other
fun effect.
b. Students will use their edited picture as their cover.
Closure / Assessment:
Students will answer the following: What other projects might you create using Microsoft Word?
Cross-Curriculum Ideas
Students can also do this project about a famous person for use with Social Studies materials.

My Colonial Life Podcasts

Materials:
- Computers with internet access
o Investigating Colonial Trades WebQuest
Featuring links to Colonial Williamsburg website
o Colonial Kids ThinkQuest
- Books on Colonial Times
- Social Studies Learning Logs
- Microsoft Word
- Podcasting Program Such as Audacity or Garageband
- Internal or External Microphones
- Class website
Objective:
- Given resources on the Colonial time period, students will synthesize their learning to generate
and conduct an interview with a peer pretending to live during the colonial era.
- Given a computer with podcasting software, students will create a podcast of each others
interviews to post on the class website.
Background: This project is the end product of a full Social Studies unit on Colonial Times.
Students will have learned about the followings aspects of colonial life using books, a WebQuest,
and ThinkQuest: homes, trades, school, pastimes, Native American life and interactions,
clothing, a typical day, goods & services. Students will have also visited a local Colonial home
or village (ex. Sturbridge Village, MA).
Lesson Sequence:
- Students work with a partner generate two separate interview scripts using any materials used
throughout the unit.
o The script will be typed using Microsoft Word, and the different roles will be highlighted in
different colors to facilitate reading during the performance.
o Each student will participate in two interviews, where they will take the part of the interviewer
and then the interviewee. In other words, each student will get to conduct the interview and then
swap roles to be the person being interviewed. Consequently, each student is responsible for
demonstrating his/her understanding of Colonial life.