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TECHNOKIDS Lesson Plans

Software

Microsoft Excel

Office Version

2007, 2007, XP/03, XP/03, 2000

Subject

Language Arts
Mathematics

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet

Topic

Brainteasers

Product Category

Camp-Projects:TechnoThink

Level

Elementary


Samples
Excel for Kids Lesson
Excel for Kids Word Search
Excel for Kids Mad Lib
Excel for Kids Quiz


Contents
Teacher Guide
Game Instructions
Word Search Sample File
Designing a Mad Lib Handout
Mad Lib Sample File
Quiz Sample File
Parent Letter
Certificate


TechnoThink


Camp Technology Project


Excel Lesson Plans for Kids

TechnoThink Icon Have fun with Microsoft Excel. Follow the detailed lesson plans to use spreadsheets in innovative ways . Make a variety of brainteasers including a word search, mad lib, and interactive quiz.

Part 1 You Found My X Cell

Excel for kids? Yes! Students aged 7 to 12 make fun, clever puzzles using spreadsheets in this technology project. TechnoThink includes lesson plans, resources, and sample files. It’s a perfect way to get kids excited about Excel, as they produce brilliant brain teasers and then challenge their friends to solve them. Excel for Kids Lesson Plans
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Use the easy to follow Excel lesson plans to engage students in a game of strategy called "You Found my X Cell". This game is similar to the family favorite Battleship. It is a great way to teach students spreadsheet terminology, cell references, and how to enter and format data in a cell. Who will be the first to say, "You found all my X cells"?

Excel for Kids - Play an exciting game of You Found My X-Cell

Part 2 EXCELlent Word Search

Your students will enjoy learning spreadsheet skills as they make a challenging word search for their friends. Follow detailed instructions to teach how to add text, insert clip art, format borderlines, and merge cells. After your students complete their puzzles, they trade with their friends to have some word search fun!



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Learning Objectives
  • develop brainteasers: word search, quiz, mad lib
  • understand basic spreadsheet terminology
  • enter and format text in cells
  • insert clip art
  • format borderlines
  • classify words in a sentence
  • create a formula that uses 3D cell referencing
  • generate questions and multiple choice answers
  • create an if-then formula
  • customize settings to print a worksheet on one page

Part 3 Mad Lib with EXCELlence

Learning advanced spreadsheet skills can be easy. Have your students learn about 3D cell referencing by making silly sentences in the style of a "mad lib". A mad lib is an unexpected sentence or story that is created using words that a person selects.


Part 4 EXCEL Your Brainpower with a Quiz

Have fun with functions. Make a multiple choice quiz using if-then statements. If-then statements are formulas that are used to display a response based on the answer in a cell. For example, if a person types in the correct answer to a question, "You are smart" will appear but if the answer is incorrect, then "Try again" will appear.




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