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{{ToolInfo | {{ToolInfo | ||
|title=Handling data with a spreadsheet - | |title=Handling data with a spreadsheet - and there are other tools | ||
|tagline=Numbers, graphs and maths | |tagline=Numbers, graphs and maths | ||
|image= | |image=Itinsecondaryscience5.png | ||
|description=A {{tag|spreadsheet}} probably found itself in school by accident, but in no time at all, its {{tag|calculating}} and {{tag|graph}} drawing abilities found it a secure place. In science teaching, a spreadsheet is a ready-made results table that quickly produces a graph. Graphs are a key tool for analysing data and a spreadsheet makes them with ease. In fact, spreadsheets can produce an astounding range of graphs. Our role as science teachers may be to encourage pupils to communicate effectively using graphs. | |description=A {{tag|spreadsheet}} probably found itself in school by accident, but in no time at all, its {{tag|calculating}} and {{tag|graph}} drawing abilities found it a secure place. In science teaching, a spreadsheet is a ready-made results table that quickly produces a graph. Graphs are a key tool for analysing data and a spreadsheet makes them with ease. In fact, spreadsheets can produce an astounding range of graphs. Our role as science teachers may be to encourage pupils to communicate effectively using graphs. | ||
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It may be clear already that students using a spreadsheet in these ways have to work scientifically. They would need to define what they want to find out, collect data, organise it and analyse it. A case can be put that the use of a spreadsheet belongs, and probably deserves a place in science teaching. | It may be clear already that students using a spreadsheet in these ways have to work scientifically. They would need to define what they want to find out, collect data, organise it and analyse it. A case can be put that the use of a spreadsheet belongs, and probably deserves a place in science teaching. | ||
|ideas= | |ideas= | ||
|specs= | |specs= | ||
|strategy= | |strategy= | ||
|Link= | |Link=See [[IT_in_Secondary_Science]] | ||
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[[Category:Draft]][[Category:Spreadsheets]] | [[Category:Draft]][[Category:Spreadsheets]] | ||
