Thursday, November 19, 2009

ACT 5: FINAL PROJECT WMM

Hello students!
The final project will be: making a movie maker video about a special topic that could be:
  • Ecology
  • Peace
  • The Conference from last week
  • Bully
  • Global Warming

After you choose your topic start searching for information, you should include at least 20 pictures, put information to all of them, add effects, transitions and comments.

Try to put something like... why does this happens, what is it, consequences, history, personal opinion. the video should last al least 2 minutes.

Here is a video in case you don´t remember how to use movie maker.



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ACT 4: GRAPHICS WITH XLS

Here is a video that can help you create graphics using excel.
Remember you need to do 4 types of graphics (bar, column, line and pie) with the average of 10 persons.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

ACT 3: SCIENCE FAIR FORMAT




Hello Everybody, for you Science Fair Project report you must follow this rules at all times.

Paper:
Use white bond paper, Letter Size.

Margins:
leave one-inch margins all around the text of your paper -- left side, right side, and top and bottom.

Paragraphs should be indented half an inch.

Spacing:
The MLA Guide says that "the research paper must be double-spaced," including quotations, notes, and the list of works cited.

Heading and Title:
Your research paper does not need a title page.

At the top of the first page, at the left-hand margin, type your name, your instructor's name, the course name and number, and the date -- all on separate, double-spaced lines.

The title should be neither underlined nor written in all capital letters.
Capitalize only the first, last, and principal words of the title.

Titles might end with a question mark or an exclamation mark if that is appropriate, but not in a period.

Page Numbers:
Number your pages consecutively throughout the manuscript (including the first page) in the upper right-hand corner of each page, one-half inch from the top.

Tables and Figures:
Tables should be labeled "Table," given an arabic numeral, and captioned (with those words flush to the left-hand margin). Other material such as photographs, images, charts, and line-drawings should be labeled "Figure" and be properly numbered and captioned.
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Monday, November 2, 2009

ACT 2: SF BROCHURE

Hello Students!

For this week we must finish the SF word document.
After that start creating a brochure in Publisher. Save it in the 2nd period as SF brochure.
Here is a video you can watch.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

ACT 1: SCIENCE FAIR

Work with your Science Fair Project and make a written report in Microsoft Word, with the following information:

1. Cover page
2. Table of Contents
3. Abstract
4. Introduction
5. Research
6. Conclusions
7. Sources (bibliography)


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Friday, October 2, 2009

ACT 6: COUNTRY PPT

WORLD CULTURES WEEK 2009

You will be doing research on the country assigned to your clasroom. Find all the important and interesting facts you can about that country.

Make a power point presentation of at least 15 slides, add effects, backgrounds and titles with word art.


OBJECTIVES
1. To gain a better understanding of people in different parts of the world.
2. To understand cultural influences on the food that people eat.
3. To understand the effect of geography and climate in different countries.
4. To explore the strengths that each one of us has in the presentation of newly found knowledge.

INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO FIND (EVERYONE)
1. The people - - explore their customs, their lifestyles, native costume, and their history. What effect have people from that country had on the world? What other exciting facts can you find about the people?
2. What foods grow naturally in the country that you have selected? How do traditions determine what is or is not eaten? What cooking techniques are used? What spices are used?
3. Learn about the climate and geography. How has it affected the people? How has it affected the food that the people are able to grow?
4. What are favorite dishes and recipes from the country? Include a typical menu containing appetizers, main dishes, vegetables, salads, breads, desserts, drinks, etc.
5. Anything else you can think of, or find interesting.
6. Also you will compare the first world country with Mexico in every aspect: education, politics, culture, customs, human rights, etc.


WEB SITES
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html (Best site)
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Around_the_World/Countries/
http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Clipart/Flags
http://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow/alpha.asp (maps and flags)
Marilee's International Food Links
Yahooligans Foods Around the World
The Global Gastronomer: Cuisines of the World
A Culinary World Tour
http://www.topics-mag.com/edition11/games-section.htm (Children’s Games Around the World)
http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/ Cultural Profiles Project
http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/world/
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/ (Say hello in different languages)
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html (Lots of information on countries of the world. Good for reports)
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html Great site!
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

ACT 5: PEACE DAY

We are celebrating International PEACE DAY on sept 21.




So for this week you need to read this story PEACE DAY



and for HW send a comment about what you think is the main idea and what you learn of this kids adventure. (at least 5 lines)



Also during class after reading this lesson you will create a ppt presentation that talks about peace.

You will include:
1. COVERPAGE (name, list #, grade, title)
2. Collage of images related with peace
3. What means peace for you (one paragraph)
4. How can you live in peace (give an example)
5. Special quotes and author (3)
6. Who was: Mahatma Gandhi
7. Martin Luther King
8. Juan Pablo II
9. Madre Teresa de Calcuta
10. Explain who you think is the best one and why
11. The lyric of a song related with peace
Remember: PEACE STARTS FROM WITHIN



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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

ACT 4: ELECTRONIC STORE

For this practice you need to develope a spreadsheet to automatically calculate daily and weekly statistics. The information you will need to include is in my e-mail, you will have to determine which mathematical formulas to include in order to get the appropriate statistical results.

Remember to use appropriate formatting tools in order to make your spreadsheet look attractive (merge and center, borders, bold, highlighting, etc).

Click here to see how it should be
Save it as electronic store inside of your first period folder
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

ACT 3: CANDY STORE

Candy Store/An Excel Challenge

For this practice you need to develop a spreadsheet to automatically calculate daily and weekly statistics. The information you will need to include is listed below, however you will have to determine which mathematical formulas to include in order to get the appropriate statistical results. Hints will be provided on where to enter the data in your chart in order to get the best overall layout for your spreadsheet. Remember to use appropriate formatting tools in order to make your spreadsheet look attractive (merge and center, borders, bold, highlighting, etc).

Include at the top of your spreadsheet:

  • http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifName of the store (created by you)http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifYour name with your title http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifTitle of your spreadsheet (Candy Sales Statistics)

Date to enter:

  • http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifCandy (Data Title)
      • http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifM & M's http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifSnickers http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifMilky Way http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifButterfingers
    http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifDays of the week (Monday through Friday) http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifWeekly Sales (This would be the sum of each candy bar sold per week) http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifDaily Statistics (Data Title)
      • http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifTotal of all Candy Sold Per Day (There should be one for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) (Hint-to get the total, use the function sum) http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifMost Candy Bars Sold Per Day (Monday-Friday) (Hint-use the function max) http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifLeast Candy Bar Sold Per Day (Mondy-Friday) (Hint-use the function min)
    http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifWeekly Statistics (Data Title)
      • http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifMost Sold Weekly (Hint-use the function max) http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifLeast Sold Weekly (Hint-use the function min) http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifTotal Sold Weekly (Hint-use the function sum)
    http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifCalculated Candy Sales (Data Title)
      • http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifCandy (Data Title)
        • http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gifM & M's http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gifSnickers http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gifMilky Way http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gifButterfinger
        http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifOur Cost (The information in parenthesis have already been included above, you do not need to enter it again.)
        • http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gif(M & M's)-$0.30 http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gif(Snickers)-$0.28 http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gif(Milky Way)-$0.25 http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gif(Butterfinger)-$0.30
        http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifPrice Sold at (The information in parenthesis have already been included above, you do not need to enter it again.)
        • http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gif(M & M's)-$0.50 http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gif(Snickers)-$0.50 http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gif(Milky Way)-$0.50 http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gif(Butterfinger)-$0.50
        http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifProfit/Candy
        • http://pjnicholson.com/smallcandybut.gifEnter formulas here to calculate the profit made for each candy item (Hint-this can be found by subtracting your cost from the price sold)
        http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifWeekly sales per candy item per week (which you have already entered earlier) http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifGross profit per candy item (Hint-this can be found by multiplying the weekly sales of each candy item by your cost) http://pjnicholson.com/mnm.gifNet profit per candy item (Hint-this can be found by multiplying the weekly sales of each candy item by the profit made for each)
    http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifTotals for both Gross Profit and Net Profit (Hint-this can be found by using the sum function)

Create graphs to show:

http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifMost candy bars sold per day (You would have a separate graph for each day)

http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifMost candy bars sold per week (weekly sales)

    • http://pjnicholson.com/candybutton.gifWhich candy bar made the most net profit

Save it inside of your 1st period folder as CANDY STORE

VALUES

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

ACT 2.1: EXCEL SS COMMENT

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

ACT 2: EXCEL FORMULAS



Hello

Please open this link and start the activity.

Learn how to: add, sbustract, multiply, divide, find the average, min and max numbers using EXCEL FORMULAS :)

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Rules


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