That Blue Square Thing

Year 7 Computing – Spreadsheets

Using a Spreadsheet

Spreadsheets are really useful apps. They can store information about all sorts of things. Including lighthouses...

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Introduction to Lighthouses

What are Spreadsheets?

You will need to download a spreadsheet. Make sure you move it into your OneDrive.

Lighthouses spreadsheet

Here are the tasks to do.

Tasks slide

Instruction sheet – you'll be given a copy of this sheet

There's a map of the lighthouses that might be useful:

Lighthouses map

Making a spreadsheet

Now you know how to use a spreadsheet, we can make one as well.

This task shows you how to create a spreadsheet from scratch and do some basic maths.

Some uses of spreadsheets

Making a Lighthouses Spreadsheet

Researching a Lighthouse

Happisburgh lighthouse is in Norfolk. It's interesting because of the way people say Happisburgh and for other reasons.

This is a planning, researching and making task.

Task slides

Storyboard sheet – to print

There is a gallery of copyright free images that you can use. I'll tell you where they are.

Once you have the presentation made, you'll need to time and loop it.

Timing and Looping a Presentation