Wizard’s Apprentice

Enter the golden age of castles, kings and wizards to learn all about the magic of spreadsheets, how they function and their essential uses in everyday palace life!

Alphonso the Wizard needs a new apprentice to learn how to use his Magic Tablet – a tablet that can provide the answers to many problems and provide untold riches! Learning the power of spreadsheet modelling as they go, your learners will work through an adventure with seven carefully structured activities to build understanding, confidence and skills. Alternatively, all of the activities can be used individually for focused teaching.

Content:

- Seven focused activities

- Enter data and formulae into cells

- Use computers to calculate costings

- Introduces SUM and Autosum functions

- Change data to answer ‘What if’ questions and check predictions

- Copy formulae to create tables of results and graphs

Level: Intermediate – Senior Phase

NCS Learning Outcomes:

Technology: Technological processes and skills

Mathematics: Data Handling; Numbers, Operations and Relationships

Language: Thinking and Reasoning

CD-ROM Format:

Windows, Mac, Linux

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