LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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

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 Computer/Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
By Wanda Washburn.