6th grade math projects for Microsoft Excel

Lucky Charms Cereal Data Analysis and Graphing Project St. Patrick's Day

Created by

Looking for a way to review data analysis and graphing skills without it being a bore? This Lucky Charms Cereal Data Analysis and Graphing Project is a fun activity to incorporate in March for St. Patrick's Day, but of course it works at any time of the year in a graphing unit or in a math-integrated unit. Your students will smile when you whip out the box of Lucky Charms and tell them that they are to pretend they are the Quality Control Department at the Cereal Company! This activity is fun an

Subjects:

Basic Principles, General Science, Graphing

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-4

Also included in: Scientific Method | Experimental Design | Metric System | Measuring | Unit

Budget Spreadsheet Project (personal finance & math skills)

Created by

Evolving Math Class

A step-by-step project with detailed instructions on how to set up an Excel spreadsheet budget. Students will apply math skills in context of a real-life budgeting situation. Students will create a budget: -Based on their future career choice. -Independently by following the instructions using an Excel Spreadsheet. -Over the course of at least 2 class periods (typically students take at least 2.5 hours to complete this project).

Subjects:

Algebra, Basic Operations, Economics

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Projects, Simulations

CCSS:

6.RP.A.3c

, HSA-SSE.A.1

, HSF-LE.A.1b

Christmas Holiday Math Activities - Multiplication and Word Problems

Created by

Sweet Integrations - Sandy Cangelosi

Celebrate learning and the holidays with this Project Based Learning unit. Your students will love helping Mrs. Claus plan a Christmas dinner and calculate how many batches of cookies to bake for Santa's helpers. In addition to solving word problems, students will be graphing, doubling, tripling recipes, reading charts, writing, and working with spreadsheets. This student-centered PBL unit incorporates collaboration and differentiation by giving student choice. This challenge requires students

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Computer Science - Technology, Word Problems

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities

What Will My Car Cost? - A Project in Microsoft Excel | Distance Learning

Created by

Innovations in Technology

The “What Will My Car Cost?” project allows students to build skills in Internet research and critical thinking as they research costs for a car and then compute and compare payment options using Microsoft Excel. First, students research the cost for two car options (one used and one new) and then compare financing and payment options for these using formulas in Microsoft Excel. The step-by-step directions were created for Microsoft Excel 2016, but could easily be used with earlier versions of

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Instructional Technology, Math

Grades:

6th - 9th

Types:

Projects, Centers

Cross-Curricular Road Trip Project

Created by

Marvelous Miss Myers

This Road Trip Project is a great cross-curricular project to try out in any classroom grades 6-12! It brings together Social Studies, Mathematics, Language Arts, and Science all in one! Students will research and use Google Docs and Excel to completely plan out an educational road trip across the country! Students will create a day-to-day itinerary with weather predictions, a map visual showing their journey, a letter to their principal explaining the educational value of the trip to requ

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies - History

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Research, Projects

Stock Market Portfolio Tracking Spreadsheet

Created by

Need2Learn Mathematics

This document is an Excel spreadsheet which has already been formulated for students to use as part of a Stock Market unit. As students research and track their stocks, they will enter their data into the spreadsheet and their profit/loss will be automatically calculated along with a graph for students to analyze their results.

Subjects:

Economics , Statistics

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Projects

My Future Career and Budget ELA PBL

Created by

Mellie Bee

This is an English Language Arts PBL but can be easily adapted to any elementary school or Math class. Introduce household budgeting with research to make a career choice. Excel Budgeting Spreadsheets have formulas set up to automatically calculate taxes and percentages. Certain cells are formulated to credit and debit amounts. Teach students about the importance of education and choice by using this spreadsheet.Included in this purchase:<PBL Challenge Card<PBL ELA grading rubric <G

Subjects:

Applied Math, Business, English Language Arts

Grades:

4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Projects, GATE

Standard, Word, and Expanded Form Practice - Race to 100,000 Miles

Created by

Luv2TeachMath

Use this spreadsheet to assess your students' understanding of standard, word, and expanded form of multi-digit numbers while applying it to using distances traveled using a distance calculator and Google Earth.

Subjects:

Applied Math, Math, Math Test Prep

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities

Water Balloon Catcher Project - Data and Graphing - Mathematics

Created by

Mrs Smith's Teaching Resources

Transform your maths classroom into a dynamic hub of learning with this captivating data and graphing project! Designed for upper primary/middle school students, this hands-on and inquiry-based activity ensures an immersive experience in mastering data interpretation, chart creation, and understanding the role of data and graphs in advertising.In this engaging project, students will: Explore Data: Collaborate in teams to design and construct a Water Balloon Catcher using recycled materials, each

Subjects:

Graphing, Math, Statistics

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Projects, Assessment

Create a Realistic Financial Plan - Stage 3 & 4 investigation task - HPGe GATS

Created by

It's Never Boring

Financial literacy is important on so many levels, and it should start in primary school.This guided research task requires students to create the beginnings of a realistic budget through the use of digital technology.The Slides file has all the instructions students will need to progress through this task, including links and an explanation of the simple formulas needed to create the budget. The Sheets file is set up for students to begin recording their information easily.Students investigate,

Subjects:

Math, Other (Math)

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Research, Projects

Excel Graphing Summer Fun with Digital Student Directions

Created by

Caryn Dingman

The last marking period of the school year can be a challenging time to keep students engaged…they’re thinking about summer…you’re thinking about summer…#embraceitThis Summer Fun Excel project can be a perfect way to:* integrate technology* extend and enrich a math topic of study* introduce students to creating sheets and charts using ExcelProject file includes:* teacher notes/ classroom management suggestions* digital survey, using a Google Form, to collect summer activities data* digital stude

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Graphing

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

Mother's Day- Pixel Art- Adding and Subtracting Positive and Negative Numbers

Created by

Last Minute First Things

Mother's Day Pixel Art for addition and subtraction of whole numbers.

Subjects:

Applied Math, Mental Math, Visual Arts

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

4.NBT.B.4

, 5.OA.A.2

, MP1

Stock Market Project - 7.SP.1, 7.SP.4, 7.SP.6

Created by

KEARN6509

Students will pick a stock to research the tendencies over the previous six months. They will analyze the trends, the central tendencies, and predict the stock's future worth based off of that data. There is an excel spreadsheet to input the data for the stock, which will then create a graph for the student from its data. The student will need to then adjust the graph to their needs however.

Subjects:

Graphing, Other (Math), Statistics

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

Halloween Pixel Art Excel/Google Sheets

Created by

Jennifer Watson

Microsoft Excel activity to use upper elementary or middle school students? This great lesson incorporates art as students learn the basics of Microsoft Excel.These are also fun lessons to use if you just need something for a one day lesson. This download includes: 1. Teacher & Student Resources 2. Excel Template for Pixel Art 3. Legends and Sample Pictures for 3 Halloween Pictures When completed let students make their own pictures, they will love it! I've used this with 6th and 7th gra

Subjects:

Graphic Arts, Graphing, Halloween

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Projects, Activities

Budget lesson and presentation for Excel

Created by

Amber Reinecke

This is a really simple lesson that you can project in a computer lab. Students will create a budget while going through the presentation. The presentation introduces financial literacy vocabulary to students while they make considerations for what they would include in a budget, and how to make sure that their budget is balanced. This is a good lesson for students who are beginner learners on Excel. It is also easy for teachers to use, as it gives step by step directions with screen shots a

Subjects:

Career and Technical Education, Instructional Technology, Other (Math)

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Projects

Checkbook Register Guided Excel Lesson

Created by

Middle School Math Lover

Students follow the guided instructions and answer questions during the process. Students enter information into EXCEL to create their own virtual checkbook. Perfect for emergency sub plans or a homework assignment. Great real-world math example.

Subjects:

Business, Instructional Technology, Math

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Projects

7th Grade Comparing Data Project

Created by

GeoNan

Project-Based Learning! Apply the concepts of data analysis. Students will develop Line Plots and Box Plots with calculations for mean, median, upper and lower quartiles, mean absolute deviation, and range. Students become sports analysts and make comparisons between two teams. This 26-page booklet includes Lesson Plans, Activity & Key, Excel Workbook Guide, WebQuest, Word Search & Key, and the Comparing Data Project with Rubric. Everything needed for a Real-World Application of the G

Subjects:

Applied Math, Special Education, Statistics

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

CCSS:

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Stock Market PBL

Created by

The Teaching Team

The problem based learning activity presents middle school students with the opportunity to buy and sell stocks. The students are responsible for researching and buying stocks, creating and maintaining an Excel spreadsheet, and tracking the profits and losses for a given time period.

Subjects:

Applied Math, Decimals

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities

Reading Between the Lines - A Graphing Activity

Created by

Diane Muller

This graphing activity is a fun way to combine Reading and Math. Using excerpts from school novels, students can create frequency tables and a variety of graphs either by hand or on the computer. This 1-2 class activity can be adapted for any grade level and can be done in small groups or individually. It can also be worked on over a period of time. Give it a try!

Subjects:

Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations

Grades:

6th - 7th

Types:

Projects, Lesson

March Madness Tournament Brackets and Point Chart (2017)

Created by

Gregory Snoke

This file is designed to accompany the March Mathematical Madness Challenge. Both the 2017 men's and women's tournament fields are included in a bracketed format. The complete tournament bracket is part of this file, along with each region's brackets on a singular sheet of paper which can be used to make a bulletin board with this project. Additionally, a point-chart has been included to keep track of all the NCAA team's points using the standard algorithm for the March Mathematical Madness

Subjects:

Algebra, Holidays/Seasonal, Math

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Projects, Printables, Posters

Factors in My Garden (Lesson Plan Package)

Created by

MisplacedDecimal

This package includes three lesson plans focusing on factoring. Each lesson plan uses animation as the springboard into an activity. While I include the Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE), all lessons are written to be used with matching state and national standards that include real-world applications. The first lesson is for supporting factoring through the use of visual models. It is designed as a teacher-focused, guided activity. The second lesson is a digital learning experi

Subjects:

Math

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Projects, Lesson

CCSS:

4.OA.B.4

, 6.NS.B.4

Fifth Grade Graphing and Data Analysis

Created by

Diane Stewart

Students will work together to come up with a survey question that has 4 or 5 choices. They will actually perform the survey and then use the data received to create a pictograph, bar graph, and circle graph using the data. They will use Microsoft Excel to create the graphs.

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Graphing

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Projects

Who's Taking Out the Trash? An Experimental Probability Activity

Created by

Teach U Math

When deciding the probability of an event through experimentation, how many trials are enough? 10? 1,000? 1,000,000??? This activity is a cooperative grouping activity that focuses on just that. The pre-lesson set up reels the students in. The activity engages them. The manipulative materials involve them. An Excel extension is also available to combine the results of multiple groups. Through this activity, students really see how more trials leads to a better understanding of the true pr

Subjects:

Decimals, Fractions, Graphing

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

7.SP.C.6

Excel Graphing Halloween Fruit Snacks with Digital Student Directions

Created by

Caryn Dingman

How About a Little Excel-lent Graphing to Add to Your Digital Learning Resources?This digital, paperless Halloween Fruit Snacks Data Collection and Excel Graphing Activity can be an engaging way to:* integrate math, technology, and Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices* extend and enrich a math topic of study* introduce or give students additional practice creating sheets and charts using Excel* give students a real, personal, and unique way to compare data that’s fun and delicious!

Subjects:

Graphing, Halloween, Instructional Technology

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects

CCSS:

3.MD.B.3

, MP5

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