Blog Post: After participating in our Excel activity in class, provide one idea for how you might have your students use Excel in science and one idea for Social Studies. For each idea, include what data they would collect, what functions they might use, and what charts they might create.
APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND SCIENCE (AL&S)
Standard 2: Students will gain an understanding of earth and Space Science.
1. Actively explore/experiment with objects and the environment.
Help children plant a garden; discuss the needs of plants and watch and document for the children (or have children document using digital media) as changes take place.
Plant a small class garden. Each day record on out excel sheets the amount of water we gave the plants, the number of leaves they have, and their height. Take pictures with our digital cameras and insert them into our Excel Sheet. A bar graph could be created demonstrating the change in leaves and height over time.
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES (SE&SS)
Standard 1: The child develops self-awareness and positive self-esteem.
2. Demonstrates awareness of abilities and preferences.
ƒHave children select a first and second choice when presented with choice of activities.
Create an excel sheet with pictures of different ideas for the sensory table. Have each preschooler vote on their first and second choice for what should go in the sensory table. Create a pie graph and bar chart showing the results of the votes. Talk about which idea got the most votes and create that sensory table together.
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