Data at Our Service

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Data at Our Service Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students will learn data collection, depiction, interpretation and use. They will work in a cooperative setting, gathering data and building arguments for a persuasive presentation in PowerPoint, supported by charts created in Excel. They will share their presentations with the class.

• "Worksheet: Yes/No Question" (Excel)
• "Worksheet: Poll Question" (Excel)
• "Sample: Spreadsheet and Charts" (Excel)
• "Preferred Student Activities: A PowerPoint
  Presentation" (PowerPoint)
• "Step Sheet: Creating Data Table and Accompanying Charts in Excel"
• "Step Sheet: Creating a New Document"
• "Step Sheet: Importing Graphs from Excel"
• "Data at Our Service Rubric"

On-line Resources

• Yahoo! Groups
  A place to ask questions about Excel.
• Spreadsheets in Education
  A list of printed resources and links for Excel users.
• Microsoft Excel Tutorials
  A list of where to find a variety of tutorials.
• Microsoft Excel Page
  Microsoft's Excel XP page, with access to sources for previous versions.
• Free Excel References
  A collection of useful files and links.

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