Blog #7 Spreadsheets

I reviewed the M@M project that Mr. Huckins did with his 4th graders for a math section. The lesson is made to help kids learn how to collect, organize and analyze data. He had kids use bags of M and M's and break them up into color and record the data. After recording the data, he had them put it into a pre-made spreadsheet to help organize and analyze the data.

You could do the same project with older kids, say 6th grade, but instead of having a pre-made spread sheet the kids would need to design their own, and come up with some of the formulas on their own as well. They wouldn't need to create the spreadsheet from scratch, but I could give them more options as to how they could make it.