TECHTIVITIES FOR MATH & SCIENCE

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1 TECHTIVITIES FOR MATH & SCIENCE EM- S I.S.D. Instructional Technology Summer 2009

2 It s Googletastic! Cool Google Stuff Type Calculations into search bar Conversion Tool 1 mile in feet (in is the key word) Advanced Search Tool Use the Advanced Search Tool in Google to look for pre-made PowerPoint Jeopardy games, etc. OR Search keywords plus filetype:ppt

3 Excel Activities How High? How Low? Line Graphs Record the high and low temperatures for a week, or find data at Enter the following labels in cells A1-C1: Day, High, and Low In cell A2, enter Monday In cell A3, enter Tuesday Fill down the rest of the days using the small fill dot in the lower right corner of cell C3. Complete a spreadsheet with the temperature information. Highlight the data in your spreadsheet (no blank cells, please!) Insert>Chart, choose Line Chart with Markers Click Next twice On Step 3, enter the title How High? How Low? Click Finish and Save the document.

4 Excel Activities Cont d Weather Pictograph Record the type of weather experienced for a month Record Data in Excel Enter Weather Condition in cell A1 and Number of Days in B1 Enter the different types of weather conditions you will be charting in column A Enter the number of days each weather condition was experienced in column B. Create a Bar Graph Click and drag to select all cells with data in them (no blank cells!) Insert > Chart, choose Column or Bar Graph option Click Next twice, Enter Title of Graph on Step 3, Next, Finish Let s Make it a Pictograph! Select the first bar Insert>Picture>Clip Art, choose appropriate graphic Repeat for all bars in graph Double-Click first bar Click Fill Effects Choose to Stack and Scale to 1 unit/1pic, OK, OK Repeat for each bar

5 Excel Activities Cont d Phone Number Fun Using Excel, students will enter their 10 digit phone number in cells A1-A10, one number per row) Finding the Sum In Cell C2, enter Sum Click into cell D2, and click the AutoSum button. Click and drag to select cells A1-A10, Click Enter. Finding the Average In Cell C3, enter Average Click into cell D3, and click the arrow next to the AutoSum button and select Average. Click and drag to select cells A1-A10, Click Enter Finding Additional Information Repeat the steps from above to find the Max, Min, Median, Mode, and Count

6 Excel Activities Cont d Phone Number Fun (an Extension) After completing the Phone Number Fun spreadsheet, students can insert comments to explain what the different math terms mean. Adding Comments Click cell C2 Insert > Comments Delete the name in the comment box, and enter the definition. *Remember that you cannot use the term itself in the definition Click off of the Comment Box when finished. Add comments to all of the other terms in Column C When others look at the spreadsheet and hover over the terms in column C, the comments will appear.

7 Excel Activities Cont d Estimation Activity Students open a New Excel document, and enter the labels Measurement:, Estimation: and Actual: in cells A1-A3 Students list 5-10 items to measure under the Measurement column. These items must be something that can be measured in the classroom or looked up on the internet. The unit of measurement should be included in parentheses after the item. Ex: height of classroom door (inches), weight of Science textbook (ounces), Saginaw to New York City (miles) In column B, students enter their estimations for each item. (This is a great time to use the Google Conversion tools!) Determine and enter the actual measurements in Column C. Finding the Difference: Enter Difference: in cell D1 In cell D2, enter the formula =B2-C2; notice that the result may be a negative number. We actually want the absolute number, so change the formula to =ABS(B2-C2) Fill down the formula by clicking the small square in the lower left corner of cell D2 and dragging down to fill in the formula to all of the other cells.

8 Excel Activities Cont d Planet Weigh-In Students will be using Excel to create a planet weight calculator. When students enter the weight of an object on Earth, it will automatically calculate its weight on the other planets. Enter Weight on Earth: in cell A1 Enter Weight on: in cell A4 In cells A5-A11 (or 12), enter the names of the planets in order Add a border to cells B2, and B5-B12 Click to highlight the desired cell(s) Format>Cells, choose Border tab, click Outline and Inside buttons Adding Formulas Click into each cell and enter the formulas listed in the chart Formatting the Numbers Click and drag to select B5-B12 Cell: Formula: Cell: Formula: B5 =B2*.378 B9 B2*.916 B6 =B2*.907 B10 B2*.889 B7 =B2*.377 B11 B2*1.125 B8 =B2*2.364 B12 B2*.067 Format > Cells, choose Numbers tab, choose the Number Option and Save. Using the Calculator Enter a weight of an object on Earth in cell B2. Look at the other cells to see how much the item would weigh on the other planets.

9 PowerPoint Activities 1+1=? Students open new PowerPoint document, and enter title and name on first slide. On slide 2, enter 1+1=50 as the title. In the first line of text, enter a clue (ex: starts with a q ) Select the text box with the clue; add an Entrance Effect (from the task pane on the right of the screen). Insert clip art or graphics to illustrate the math problem. (To duplicate items, hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard, then click to drag the object) Select the graphic; add an Entrance Effect. Click Play to see the animation; adjust if necessary. Repeat this process to create slides for additional seemingly incorrect math problems.

10 PowerPoint Activities Phases of the Moon Loopty-Loop Students use PowerPoint to demonstrate the Phases of the moon (could be used to demonstrate life cycles as well!) Students open a New Powerpoint Slide 1 choose solid black background and apply to all slides; add a label for first phase, add a graphic to illustrate or create graphics using the shape tools. Slide 2 add a large arrow that Repeat this pattern until completing all parts of the phase (or cycle) *Can use the Duplicate tool to make this process easier! Print PowerPoint as a Handout (adjust number of slides per page according to the number of phases in your project) Cut the handout like illustrated here. Tape pieces together to create a Loop. You could also eliminate the slides with arrows, print it as a handout, and make a minibook!

11 PowerPoint Activities 5 Senses Cube Students open the Cube Pattern PowerPoint (found on the Tech Staff Development page at On the Title face of the cube, students enter their name and the title, The Five Senses On the five other faces of the cube, students enter labels for the five senses and graphics to illustrate them. Save the file, Print Students cut out the cube template, fold the colored flaps in, and use a glue stick or tape to create the cube. Let s Get Sensible! Game One person names a location (ex. The Zoo) The students roll their cube, and describe what they see, hear, feel, taste, or smell if they were in that place, based on what sense they roll with their cube.

12 PowerPoint Extra! Printing Personalized Sticky Notes Reminders of Lab Procedures & Rules, Math Problem Solving Steps, Favorite Web Addresses, and more! In PowerPoint, add a 3x3 inch square (border only, no fill color) to the slide. Add text or graphics on top of the square. Drag a lasso around all of the objects to select them all. Duplicate objects by holding CTRL on the keyboard, and using the mouse to click and drag an additional set of objects. Repeat until you have the desired number of designs on your slide. Save, and Print your slide Place a blank 3x3 sticky note over each of the squares. Click to select the squares, Delete Put entire sheet (including sticky notes) in printer, Reprint the document, this time it will print on the sticky notes. Do NOT do this in the copy machine use printer only!

13 Math & Science Websites - every elementary and middle school campus in EM-S ISD has a subscription this site is full of fantastic multimedia presentations and interactive activities lots of great ready-made PowerPoints for math activities, a good resource of interactive math activities for students and resources for teachers - interactive Periodic Table - excellent source of math PowerPoints from Jefferson County Schools - excellent source of science PowerPoints from Jefferson County Schools - great site that allows you to view the phase of the Moon for any date and time ( AD) Many ideas and the inspiration for the activities came from Tammy Worcester. You can visit her site at