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QCA

ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 6)

Unit 6B: Spreadsheet modelling
Section 3: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • technique: to copy cells

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Show the class how to copy fomulae from one cell to another. Ask the children to create a set of multiplication tables such as:
    number A number B number A x number B
    4 1 4
    4 2 8
    The spreadsheet should extend number B to 12. Ask the children to investigate changing number A.
  • copy formulae to create tables of results

Points to note

Children could be shown how to use and copy a formula such as '=C3+1' to produce a second column of figures.

Sections in this unit

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1. SETTING THE SCENE
2. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
3. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
4. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
5. INTEGRATED TASK