Using An Excel Worksheet

Teacher: Sabrena Fenna and Foster
Lesson Plan
Marcus Garvey Technical High School
Data Operation
Grade: 11 Date: February 15- 26, 2016
Title: MS Excel –Editing, Formatting And Using Formula
General Objectives: students should be knowledgeable about how to
Specific Objectives: at the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Content Outline
1 List three commonly used tabs in MS Excel
2 Describe how to:

 cut, copy, and paste
 formatting cells
Number:
Alignment: Font:
Border
Using Equations
Materials Needed: whiteboard markers and erasers, handout, textbook, mark book, pens
computers
Procedures:
Step One
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Step Two
Step Three
Step Four
Assessment:
Homework
Test
Quiz
Culminating Activities
THREE COMMONLY USED TABS IN MS EXCEL

1 Home Tab.
This is one of the most common tabs used in Excel. You are able to format the text in your
document, cut, copy, and paste information. Change the alignment of your data, insert, delete,
and format cells. The Home Tab also allows you to change the number of your data (i.e.
currency, time, date).
2 The Insert Tab
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This tab is mainly used for inserting visuals and graphics into your document. There are various
different things that can be inserted from this tab such as pictures, clip art, charts, links, headers
and footers, and word art.
3 The Page Layout Tab:
Here you are able to add margins, themes to your document, change the orientation, page breaks,
and titles. The scale fit of your document is also included as a feature within this tab, if needed.
CUT, COPY, AND PASTE
Cut will actually remove the selection from the original location and allow it to be placed
somewhere else.
Copy allows you to leave the original selection where it is and insert a copy elsewhere.
Paste is used to insert data that has been cut or copied
To Cut or Copy:
Highlight the data or text by selecting the cells that they are held within.
Go to the Home Tab > Copy (CTRL + C) or Home Tab > Cut (CTRL + X).
Click the location where the information should be placed.
Go to Home Tab > Paste (CTRL + V) to be able to paste your information.
FORMATTING CELLS
To get to the Format Cells dialog box select the cells you wish to change then go to
Home Tab > Format > Format Cells. A box will appear on the screen with six different tab
options
Number: Allows you to change the measurement in which your data is used. (If your data is
concerned with money the number that you would use is currency)
Alignment: This allows you to change the horizontal and vertical alignment of your text within
each cell. You can also change the orientation of the text within the cells and the control of the
text within the cells as well.
Font: Gives the option to change the size, style, color, and effects.
Border: Gives the option to change the design of the border around or through the cells.
Using Equations
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Step 1 - Preparing to enter an equation - Press the equal key (=). If you can write the equation,
Excel can perform the calculation. This module will deal with four simple functions; add,
subtract, multiply and divide.
Step 2 - Writing an addition equation - If you were to state the process for adding the numbers
in column B it would be "six plus three." The equation could be written exactly like that ( =6+3 )
and Excel would display the expected answer, 9. However that equation would be useless if the
numbers in either B2 or B3 were changed. When writing your own equation, use cell addresses.
=B2+B3
When writing the equation, clicking in cell B2 displays B2 in the equation. If you have written
the equation correctly you may accept it by pressing the Enter/Return key or by clicking on the
green check mark. If you change your mind, click on the red X to cancel the operation.
Step 3. Writing other simple functions - Symbols for the four basic mathematical functions
are:
 addition +
 subtraction -
 multiplication *
 division /
Step 4. Task - Prepare a worksheet with the data displayed under Step 1. Enter the proper
equation under each set of two numbers.
Step 5. Compare - Compare your results to those shown below:
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Step 6. Combining functions - If you can write the equation, Excel can perform the math. To
illustrate this we will write an equation which will add several numbers, divide to get an average,
and then take a percentage of that number to provide a weighted component of an equation used
to average grades.
Scenario: Bill took three tests scoring 88, 76, and 58. The average of his tests counts as half of
Bill's grade. What number value has Bill achieved toward his term grade?
Formula=(((K4+K5+K6)/3)*0.5) or =(((K4+K5+K6)/3)/2)
Ans 37
Add the three numbers (K4+K5+K6), average them by dividing by 3, then multiply by 0.5 (half) or divide
the average by 2 to get half.

Using An Excel Worksheet

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Using An Excel Worksheet

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Teacher: Sabrena Fenna and Foster

Marcus Garvey Technical High School

Grade: 11 Date: February 15- 26, 2016

Title: MS Excel –Editing, Formatting And Using Formula

General Objectives: students should be knowledgeable about how to

1 List three commonly used tabs in MS Excel

2 Describe how to:

THREE COMMONLY USED TABS IN MS EXCEL

Step 5. Compare - Compare your results to those shown below:

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