Activity 5

Create a weather graph that illustrates today's temperatures.   Include the following categories:  High, Normal High, Record High, Low, Normal Low and Record Low.

 

 

Find The Temperature Information in the Weather Section of the Newspaper.

Step 1:

Open the program called Microsoft Excel.  Type the categories in column A and then type the corresponding temperature in column B.  

Step 2:

Highlight the typed information to create your graph.

  Click on the graph wizard icon.           

Continue to follow the steps listed below.

Step 3:

Choose the type of graph that you would like to display the weather information.

Step 4:

Select the range to be listed in columns.

Or Rows!

Step 5:

Add a Chart title which should include the date that you gathered your information.

Step 6:

Choose the radio button that makes the graph an object.

Step 7:

The final graph will be an object that you can copy and paste into a Mircosoft Word document.  Save this file in your network file.  The name of the file should be Weather Graph.

Guidelines for Evaluating the MS Excel Activity

1.  Students will be evaluated on their ability to produce a weather graph.   Students must follow the steps to create a graph and then save the graph to their network file.

 

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