Handling and interpreting data

Starters

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Draw Line Graphs in Excel
Activity that shows students how to draw line graphs in Excel. Teacher notes included.

Student Information (application/msword, 1.7 MB) (application/pdf, 1.6 MB)

Draw pie charts in Excel
Activity that shows students how to draw a pie chart in Excel and change its appearance. Teacher notes included.

Student information (application/msword, 790 KB) (application/pdf, 1.7 MB)

Pie Charts
Activity that shows students how to draw a pie chart by hand. Also includes practice exercise with real data. This can also be used as follow up to draw pie charts in Excel activity. Teacher notes included.

Student Information (application/msword, 210 KB) (application/pdf, 97 KB)

Solar Eclipse
Lots of data for discussion and suggestions for analysis. Optional use of spreadsheet. Teacher Notes included.

Student Information: (application/msword, 481 KB) (application/pdf, 347 KB)
Spreadsheet (application/vnd.ms-excel, 31 KB)

Sports Questionnaires
Set of 50 responses in questionnaire form and as a spreadsheet. Teacher Notes include short exercises giving practice in statistical techniques.

Student Information: (application/msword, 132 KB) (application/pdf, 173 KB)
Teacher Notes: (application/msword, 191 KB) (application/pdf, 158 KB)
Spreadsheet: (application/vnd.ms-excel, 17 KB)