Students Favroite Seasons

Elementary, Mathematics, Technology

Data Collection, Graphing, Excel

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We will collect data as a class on what students favorite seasons are.

Students will input the data into Excel.

Students will create a graph in Excel on our findings.

Students will collect data, input the data in Excel and create a graph.

Students already have been collecting data and graphing. This is the first time they are using Excel. After this lesson, there will be other lessons on data collection and inputting it into Excel.

Introduction: Discuss the pro's and con's of each of the four seasons. Then tell the students that we are going to collect data on how many students like each season and then create a graph of the results on Excel.

Write each of the four seasons on the chalkboard and survey students by asking them to raise their hands on who likes what season the best.

Record results under the name of each season and have students write the results down in their notebooks.

Hand out flash drives, tell students to line up with their flash drives and notebooks in hand.

Take students to the computer lab and show them how to open Excel.

Explain what a spreadsheet and cell is.

Instruct students on how to create a graph from the data and input the graph on the spreadsheet.

Have students save their spreadsheets on their flash drives.

Instruct students to print out their graphs.

Go back to the classroom and discuss any questions students have and go over results.

Have students hand in graphs.

The computer lab is set up for students with physical disabilities and available for all students with learning disabilities.

Students will work collaboratively & individually.

1 class period. 1.5 Hrs per class.

This lesson could be expanded by comparing results of students favorite season's results to another second grade's favorite season's results.