Super Graphing with Microsoft Excel and Open Office

Graphs are great! They provide opportunities to display math and science concepts through pictures. They help students apply data-gathering, math, and science to real life situations. And they usually take forever to create. This book contains the secret to making graphing a super experience for teachers and students. Grades 3-12 Accelerate the graph creation process. Use Microsoft Excel's randbetween function to quickly generate graphs. Using these easy-to-follow instructions, students can apply and explore math and science concepts by creating their own super graphs. Featured graph types: * Vertical bar graphs * Horizontal bar graphs * Picture graphs * Line graphs * XY Scatter graphs * Pie charts * High/Low/Close charts Features and Benefits: * Macintosh or Windows * Compatible with Open Office * Step-by-step instructions * Instructional strategies to stimulate class discussions * Written by a mathematics teacher, instructional technology coordinator, and an author published in multiple genres Instructional Topics: * Measuring line length * Commutative Property of Addition * Comparing trhends * Number lines * Ordered pairs * Area of a rectangle * Translations * Linear and quadratic equations * Distance over time * Speed over time * Franctions * Decimals * Percents * Temperature