Simple projects for Microsoft Excel is an activity book which was created to accommodate teachers who would like to utilize the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application with their middle school curriculum.  The activities in this book were designed for use in a computer lab setting for grades six through eight.  The book is arranged into three sections which correlate to the different aspects of the middle school curriculum.  There are sixteen activities contained in this book that address the many different ways Microsoft Excel can be applied by middle school educators.  This offers teachers the opportunity to confidently take classes into the computer lab, and present a well rounded lesson using Microsoft Excel.  The book is arranged according to subject matter, and everything needed to implement each lesson effectively, is contained within the lab, along with helpful template files that provide you with any required resource material.  Each activity has been successfully used in the middle school classroom, and is designed to be completed in one forty-five minute computer lab session.  No knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required to teach the activities contained in this book.  Each lab provides you with the overall purpose of the lesson, learning objectives, materials required, and detailed step by step procedures on how to successfully implement the lesson, along with informative pictures that show you exactly what to do.  Although each lesson contains specific subject matter, all labs in this book can be easily adapted to fit your specific lesson plans by easily using your own data.  The labs are designed to illustrate the many ways that Excel can be used in your classroom to reinforce your specific topic of study, and may provide you with a variety of ways to incorporate computers into your curriculum.

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