Ellerslie Elementary Math Technology Pages

Extensions and Support for Quest 2000 Activities

Unit 1 : Exploring Different Chart Types

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
The Spreadsheet Environment Spreadsheet Terminology Customizing Your Graph (Axes, Series, Labels)	Entering Data in AppleWorks -> download a copy of the finished file by right clicking favcolours.cwk and choosing "save target as" Making Charts in Appleworks
Extensions
provide spreadsheets for students to download and ask them to present the data in the most appropriate chart format or using an LCD projector, share different spreadsheets and have a class discussion around the most appropriate chart format Journey On Lesson Plan: Chart It Journey On Lesson Plan: Noise Pollution Fast Food Fun (Web Weavers Education Page) Illuminations: Bar Grapher
Teaching Materials
Spreadsheet Basics Spreadsheets - Graphing and Charts

Unit 2: Making a Hundred Thousand Estimator

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Entering a Formula into a Spreadsheet Entering a Formula	Creating Formulas
Extensions
demonstrate how the estimator can be used to help set goals. For instance, the music program wants to raise $5000 for a trip. They have three fundraisers planned. Can they set their goals and adjust those goals using this tool? What formula needs to be changed in the estimator to make this work? Journey On Lesson Plan: Math Facts

Unit 3: How Many Different Triangles?

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Appleworks Drawing Manual	Drawing Lines in Appleworks
Extensions
Journey On Lesson Plan: Digital Geometry Pattern Blocks

Unit 4: Budgeting for Books

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Entering a Formula into a Spreadsheet Entering a Formula	Creating Formulas
Extensions
Journey On Lesson Plan: Pocket Change Journey On Lesson Plan: What's In the Party Bag? Plan a Trip to Anywhere: Microsoft Education (adapt this for the appropriate equivalent software at your school) Budgeting WebQuest

Unit 5: Area and Permieter Comparisons

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Appleworks Drawing Manual	Drawing Squares
Extensions
Shape Surveyor (Funbrain) Having Fun with Area and Perimeter
Teaching Materials
Area and Perimeter of Rectangles

Unit 6: The Fraction Path!

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Appleworks Drawing Manual	Filling Objects with Colour
Extensions
Fraction Pieces (NLVM) Shade in Fractions
Teaching Materials
Visual Fractions

Unit 7: Is this My Number?

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Appleworks Drawing Manual	Line Widths and Colours Adding Text to Draw
Extensions

Unit 8: Follow That Line!

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Appleworks Drawing Manual	Drawing Lines in Appleworks Using the Grid in Appleworks
Extensions
paste a map under the grid and have students note the coordinates of landmarks

Unit 9: Rhombus Patterns

Unit 10: A Fair Game Strategy

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Entering a Formula into a Spreadsheet Entering a Formula	Creating Formulas Calculating on Spreadsheets
Extensions
What other items require a randomly generated number? Can students create a set of virtual dice? Can they create a randomly generated phone number (with six numbers)?

Unit 11: the Wasted Water Checker

General Help (Journey On)	Quick Start
Entering a Formula into a Spreadsheet Entering a Formula	Creating Formulas
Extensions
students can do some predictions with other elements such as: pollution emissions

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