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High school critical thinking creative writing resources for Microsoft Excel
My Dream Car: A Microsoft Excel Project
I found that my students really enjoyed doing this Excel project in Computer Applications. Students will use Excel and its capabilities, to apply formulas and charts to a subject which they find fun and interesting, their dream car. They will choose several cars and will then do a cost analysis of their selected cars. To do this project, they have to select several cars, find cost and fuel economy information on those cars, download pictures of the cars and use Excel to do a cost analysis.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: Microsoft EXCEL Activities - 6 PROJECTS!
Go-To Grading Rubrics
A collection of eight ready-to-use grading rubrics to fit nearly any writing or speaking assignment, including expository, persuasive, narrative, research, and literary analysis.
Every time I design a new writing assignment for my students, I have to come up with a fitting grading rubric so my students know what I expect and so I can grade the students' work objectively. Frankly, it's a pain in the behind! So I drew up a set of standard rubrics that will work for any essay to save myself some t
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Also included in: MY FULL STORE! - A bundle of every single product I have
Excel 2010 - Let's Plan a Party/Budget
TSW create an excel spreadsheet to prepare a budget for a birthday party. The budget is $1,000 for a Sweet 16 or Finally 16 (for the boys) party. The students will determine amount of supplies needed for 20 guests and create formulas to calculate expenses and stay within the budget.
Grades:
7th - 12th
AICE Thinking Skills - Curriculum and Exam Breakdowns
(This product had originally been mistakenly uploaded incorrectly and then fixed but the negative review has never been taken down)This product includes a day-by-day breakdown of an entire First Semester, which covers all skills involved for AS level except the writing application needed in questions #2 and #5 on Paper 2. It includes all AS level Problem Solving Skills for Paper 1, as well as the AS level skills needed for questions #1, #3 and #4 (RAVEN, Main Conclusion, Intermediate Conclusion,
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Solve Systems by Substitution | Set-Up Practice | Google Sheets and Excel MAZE
Do your students need help with substituting an integer, term or expression BEFORE actually solving a system? If so, this self-checking/self-guiding MAZE is for you!!A self-checking digital maze made on Google Sheets and Excel is a fun and interactive way for students to practice substituting an integer, term, and expression before actually solving a system of equations. This type of activity is especially helpful for students who struggle with algebraic concepts or who may make common mistakes
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Project Football in Excel
Students will research a favorite sports team and create an Excel spreadsheet listing players name, age, hometown, weight and height. Students will use the FUNCTION button in Excel to calculate the average age, weight and height of players on their team. Students will also write a one page summary on their data analysis and team information and can also create a PowerPoint presentation that includes Excel charts to analyze the team data.
Grades:
7th - 11th
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Group Discussion Rubric
Use this rubric whenever you have a class discussion. It provides a tangible way of grading these discussion, it teachers discussion behavior/skills, and it helps manage the discussion time. Students rate themselves and are rated by each other and the teacher completes a rating. Points are awarded for synchronicity of ratings. Repeated use of this rubric reinforces dicussion skills and solidifies the application of these skills. Students who do not choose to verbally contribute in the discussion
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Customizable Teacher Commentary Cards
Need to write up quick commentary for a writing assignment? Here's 30 cards in 2 bright styles, neon brick and neon stripes for a total of 60 cards! Matching full-page border is included in each style (qty 2).
Also included: 4 examples of commentary for each of 6 important parts of writing for a total of 30 positive statements of feedback to your students. Just copy the feedback that best fits a student's performance into a commentary card, print, and attach it to the writing.
Want to make
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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Physics Project: Create a Resistors Color Code Reader Using Google sheet
Improve your students' understanding of resistors and develop their Excel skills. The project aims to create a complete understanding of resistor color codes and enhance students' technological skills in a fun and engaging way by integrating hands-on resistor analysis, Excel competence, and interactive learning. You can use this activity for Middle and High school students.This project is made up of two Google sheets that serve two objectives.The first sheet is a 'resistor color code reader,' in
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Electric Circuits and Resistors Activities and Worksheets Bundle
Re'sume' Verbs Word List (Excel Spreadsheet)
This is a list of 366 carefully selected re'sume' verbs (formatted as a 8-page Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet) arranged in the following categories:
communication/people 67
creative 35
data/financial 30
helping 37
management/leadership 60
organizational 43
research 31
teaching 29
technical 34
I have used the list to supplement a student re'sume' writing project in various ways:
1. To suggest appropriate action verbs to bolster student re'sume's.
2. To create word walls for student reference.
3
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Internet Scavenger Hunt Collection, Volume 1 (Biography, Reference & More!)
This is collection of 5 online scavenger hunts (WITH KEYS). These exercises use powerful, compelling contexts that develop research, literacy, and analytic skills.
The collection includes ...
Biography 1 & 2 (Online biographies of leaders, educators, musicians, and more!)
Reference 1 (Online reference sites like the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, CIA World FactBook, RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary, etc.)
Schoolhouse Rock 1 (Introduce your students to classics like "Interjection!", "I'm Just A
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Peer Editing Checklist 7-12
This Peer Editing Checklist has columns to check Needs Work, Good or Very Good. The Checklist focuses on Mechanics such as: indentation, title, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, sentence length, formatting, spelling, introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion.
It also focuses on the Content such as: metaphors and similes, using the five senses, topic presented clearly, setting and character description, Active voice, transition words, and story interest.
At the bottom of the she
Grades:
7th - 11th
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AICE Thinking Skills Exam Breakdown 2020-2022
This resource is two excel files that have categorized all of the questions on Papers 1 and 2 for the last three years (since the exam update). The Problem Solving Matrix has 9 different types of problems that have been used over the past 3 years as well as how many points they were on the exam. The Critical Thinking Matrix has the topics for the 11 past exams as well.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Three Subject Lesson Planner Plan Book Binder Pages Pink
I have always found horizontal weekly planners easier to use but couldn't find any pre made so I created my own. I've been using it for several years and love it. Hope you find it as useful as I have : ) Feel free to edit it to suit your color and font preferences, and don't forget to print two sided so you can view a whole week at a time.
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PreK - 12th
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Data Analysis for Data Integrity – A Team Exercise
This exercise is designed to show students how to approach a new set of data – always with skepticism. The process includes reviewing the incoming data using various techniques. The data is fraught with errors, some obvious and some obscure. The result is a dataset which can be used for further work.
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Grades:
12th
Excel - Risk Management Plan: Student Behaviour
This resource is an editable resource created in Excel which provides both teachers, SEND workers, support staff and parents a pro forma to identify potential behaviours which may put students at risk of injury to themselves or others, identify the context and highlight the elimination or control measures that need to be put in place to resolve the issue. This resource has been used extensively through my years of teaching (Over 12+ years) and never fails to be a clear record of the behaviours a
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Behaviour Management Tools/Trigger Identification Trackers
Binary Dot Cards - Randomly Generated!
THE GOALTo familiarize students with the most basic computer language (binary), done in the most basic way! Simple, easy-to-understand, visuals make it fun for all students to learn!WHAT IT ISThis is a program (and Excel program) that randomly generates binary cards AND answers!! All you need to do is hit “Enter” and then the cards randomly shuffle! This is so fun to play as a review game, or speed challenge!FITS ANY LESSON!Great as an introductory lesson, review, assessment, or a whole class ga
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Excel Dino Park
Teach your students how to use Excel through Dino Park! Students have been given a budget of £100,000,000 to build their park. They need to consider what dinosaurs they want to buy, how much space they will need, what facilities they require, staffing costs and ticket price.Excel Dino Park teaches you how to use functions and formulas through a series of engaging and interactive tasks which are differentiated to support a range of abilities.Skills that you will learn include:Add Raw dataCreate a
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Excel Bundle
Rhyme-In-Time (Homophones Homonyms Multinyms Word List) (Excel Spreadsheet)
I use this list to drive a creative writing project called "Rhyme-In-Time".
It is an activity that I use to help me craft and refine song lyrics.
It is powered by a large list of word groups - 2 or more words per group - that rhyme in special ways.
Some are what I call "double rhymes".
These words rhyme phonetically (they end in similar sounds), but they also rhyme thematically (they relate as concepts).
For example, "nameless" and "shameless" comes to mind.
"Ruthless", "couthless", and "t
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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AVID College Fair Project
I have created and implemented this project in my middle school AVID classroom. It gives students the opportunity to research and explore all different types of colleges while exposing them to college terminology. It supports all components of WICOR and allows students to learn a their own pace. I implemented this project as their semester exam after being introduces to high school and college terminology. This resource can be implemented in many different ways. However, I had my students work o
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6th - 12th
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Auto Evaluation sheet for Teachers - Design Projects
This excel file will help teachers to evaluate, calculate marks and comment design project documentation of the students based on predefined strands. Teachers needs to select appropriate keywords and marks from the dropdown which define the student's performance and quality. This will automatically calculate the total marks and ease the documentation process for the teachers. Comments for strands, criterion based marks and total marks are kept organized and this will help in effective analyzing
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Grades:
4th - 10th
How to Publish Secondary Student Writing
If you've ever wanted to professionally publish the work of your students, here are the planning tools to get you started. You can create a book without giving up your weekends if you use these tools. You can do it yourself, or work with me for help with formatting, publishing, ordering, and distribution. Included in this resource are tools for setting deadlines, communicating with staff, students, and parents, spreadsheets for keeping track of submissions and orders, and more.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Work Ethic Rubric
I developed this rubric to score students' work ethic and for them to self-monitor their behaviors and efforts. I used this instead of a participation grade, although participation is one of the elements in the rubric.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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AICE Thinking Skills Score Sheets
Provide students real-time breakdown of their practice exams for AICE Thinking Skills AS.Teachers need to look up the grade thresholds for the particular exam they are using as a practice test, and input that in the top portion.Teachers can then input individual students below, type their breakdown, and receive their component score.It is my suggestion to duplicate the tabs for each practice exam given in the classroom in order to use the long range data when submitting score projections prior t
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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