Unit 7.2

Spreadsheet Modelling

Key Word Vocabulary

Equals

Cell

Columns

Active Cell Rows

Value Worksheet

During this lesson you will hear the following key words.

Make sure you listen carefully to the lesson as you may be

asked questions at the end.

Calculate

Formula Bar

Formula

Text

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Cell Reference

• We need to create folders where we will save the work we do in this unit.

1. Open your student drive

2. Find your Year 7 ICT folder

3. Create another folder called Spreadsheets

Lets create our folders!

To create a new folder:

• Click in a BLANK SPACE

• Click New Folder

All work for this unit

should be saved in the

Spreadsheets folder

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Your student drive ICT folder

should look like this:

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Task 1 - A brief history of

spreadsheets

Group Activity

• Get into groups of 4 (with the people nearest to you)

• Use the cards provided to create a timeline of spreadsheets:

Timeline should be in order from earliest year to most recent

Information cards should be matched to the correct year

Each group will start with 50 points

and for every incorrect timeline

entry they will lose 10. The team

with the most points left are the

winners!

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A brief history of spreadsheets

The answers

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What are spreadsheets used for?

• Spreadsheets have lots of uses including: Calculating numbers

Sorting numbers

Making graphs/charts

• Examples of spreadsheet uses are shown below:

Calculations Sorting Numbers

Graphs / Charts

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Spreadsheet Terms!

• Over the next 2 slides we will look at various words that are related to spreadsheets.

• Make sure to pay close attention as you will tested on some of the words at the end of this section.

Each cell has a unique

cell reference e.g. D7

Text

labels

Text

labels

Columns

(letters)

Rows

(numbers)

Value

Active Cell

A worksheet

Formula

Start with =

then

create the

formula

When you press

Enter, the formula

will automatically

be calculated.

Formulae can also

be viewed and

edited here in the

formula bar.

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Spreadsheet Terms!

Worksheet – Page of spreadsheet you are working on

Row – Cells that go across the spreadsheet page

Column – Cells that go down the spreadsheet page

Cell – An individual spreadsheet box where you enter data

Cell Reference – Names of individual cells (A5 for example)

Active Cell – The individual cell you are currently using

Label – Text used to describe certain values

Value – Numbers entered in individual cells

Formula – Used to calculate numbers.

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Formula

• All formula must start with =

• To add something, use +

• To subtract something, use -

• To multiply something, use *

• To divide something, use /

Examples

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Examples of Formula

in action

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Task 2 – Spreadsheet Features

• You are now going to complete your first spreadsheet task.

• Click on the Spreadsheet Features task on part 1 of the spreadsheet modelling section.

• Read the instructions and complete

Link to spreadsheet

features task

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Task 3 – Formula Practice

• In this task you will be asked to practice spreadsheet formula by solving simple mathematical problems.

• Click on the Formula Practice task on part 1 of the spreadsheet modelling section.

• Read the instructions and complete

Link to formula

practice task

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What do you know?

• What is an active cell? Show me!

• Show me a formula

• Show me a value

• Show me a label

• Add the 2 numbers together

• Multiply the 2 numbers together

• Divide the first number by the second

• Subtract the first number from the first

Spreadsheet to

showcase skills