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Computer Technology Skills — Grade 8

Goal 1, Objective 1.10

Goal 1

The learner will understand important issues of a technology-based society and will exhibit ethical behavior in the use of computer and other technologies.

Objective 1.10

Use spreadsheet and graphing terms/concepts to present and explain content area assignments. Strand - Spreadsheet

Resources aligned to this objective

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Pollution plume
The students will simulate a plume to illustrate point source and non-point source pollution.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Computer Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Science)
By Jennifer Smith.
Stocks Report
Students will create graphs illustrating changes in stocks and answer questions using the graphs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer Technology Skills and Mathematics)
By Susan Blackwell.
Using Percent of Change to Measure NC Growth
Students will work in small groups to use the Internet to gather data on the population growth for each of the 100 counties in NC from 1992 to 1995. From this data students will find the percent of increase/decrease for the counties they have been assigned. As a follow-up, the students will enter their data into a computer spreadsheet and from that spreadsheet, produce graphs of the information.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies, Computer Technology Skills, and Mathematics)
By Wanda Washburn.
What Can Scatterplots Tell Us?
Using data from peer surveys and self surveys of popular TV shows, students will create computer-generated scatterplots. Students will culminate a unit on correlation with a Parent vs. Teen scatterplot project.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Mathematics)
By Hilda Hamilton.