Unit 7.
2
Spreadsheet Modelling
Key Word Vocabulary
During this lesson you will hear the following key words.
Make sure you listen carefully to the lesson as you may be
asked questions at the end.
Columns
Rows
Active Cell
Cell Text
Cell Reference
Worksheet Value
Equals Formula
Formula Bar
Calculate
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Lets create our folders!
• We need to create folders where we will save the work
we do in this unit.
1. Open your student drive
2. Find your Year 7 ICT folder
3. Create another folder called Spreadsheets
To create a new folder: All work for this unit
• Click in a BLANK SPACE should be saved in the
Spreadsheets folder
• Click New Folder
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Your student drive ICT folder
should look like this:
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Task 1 - A brief history of
spreadsheets
Group Activity
• Get into groups of 4 (with the people nearest to you)
• Use the cards provided to create a timeline of
spreadsheets:
Timeline should be in order from earliest year to most recent
Information cards should be matched to the correct year
Each group will start with 50 points
and for every incorrect timeline
entry they will lose 10. The team
with the most points left are the
winners!
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A brief history of spreadsheets
The answers
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What are spreadsheets used for?
• Spreadsheets have lots of uses including:
Calculating numbers
Sorting numbers
Making graphs/charts
• Examples of spreadsheet uses are shown below:
Calculations Sorting Numbers
Graphs / Charts
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Spreadsheet Terms!
• Over the next 2 slides we will look at various words
that are related to spreadsheets.
• Make sure to pay close attention as you will tested on
some of the words at the end of this section.
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Columns
(letters)
Text
Rows labels
(numbers)
Text
labels
Value
Active Cell
Each cell has a unique
A worksheet cell reference e.g. D7
Formula
Formulae can also
be viewed and
edited here in the
formula bar.
Start with =
then
create the
formula
When you press
Enter, the formula
will automatically
be calculated.
Spreadsheet Terms!
Worksheet – Page of spreadsheet you are working on
Row – Cells that go across the spreadsheet page
Column – Cells that go down the spreadsheet page
Cell – An individual spreadsheet box where you enter data
Cell Reference – Names of individual cells (A5 for example)
Active Cell – The individual cell you are currently using
Label – Text used to describe certain values
Value – Numbers entered in individual cells
Formula – Used to calculate numbers.
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Formula
• All formula must start with =
• To add something, use +
• To subtract something, use -
• To multiply something, use *
• To divide something, use /
Examples
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Examples of Formula
in action
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Task 2 – Spreadsheet Features
• You are now going to complete your first spreadsheet
task.
• Click on the Spreadsheet Features task on part 1 of the
spreadsheet modelling section.
• Read the instructions
and complete
Link to spreadsheet
features task
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Task 3 – Formula Practice
• In this task you will be asked to practice spreadsheet
formula by solving simple mathematical problems.
• Click on the Formula Practice task on part 1 of the
spreadsheet modelling section.
• Read the instructions
and complete
Link to formula
practice task
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What do you know?
• What is an active cell? Show me!
• Show me a formula
Spreadsheet to
• Show me a value showcase skills
• Show me a label
• Add the 2 numbers together
• Multiply the 2 numbers together
• Divide the first number by the second
• Subtract the first number from the first
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