1. Pizza Mundo Click on My Documents: unit 3 – Spreadsheet modelling GD
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unit 3 – Spreadsheet modelling GD
lesson 1
Pizza Mundo
You have a budget of £3:50. What toppings can you have?
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2. These are real life models…
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These are real life models…
What are these models doing?
What other examples of models have you used?
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3. A model is a representation.
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Flight simulator
Car racing game
What if the driver goes around that bend at 120 mph?
What if the plane landed too quickly?
A model is a representation.
A model imitates the conditions of a real event.
A model allows us to ask What if? And test it!
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4. We are learning to solve problems using a spreadsheet model
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We are learning to solve problems using a spreadsheet model
What I am looking for is students who can interrogate (question) a model to find answers
This is because using a model can help you to make decisions
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A spreadsheet is a computer programme which allows you to create a number of models
Spreadsheets can make it easy to display information. They do this by organising data into columns and rows. Look at the zoo model as a spreadsheet
Spreadsheets use formulas to make calculations
People use spreadsheet programs to ask What if…? Questions. Look at this model
Spreadsheets are extremely useful in everyday life and can produce graphs or charts to help visualise your results. Look at this financial spreadsheet
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6. Answer the four questions on the lottery worksheet
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You have just won £2,000,000 in the lottery
Open the lottery spreadsheet to decide what you are going to spend your money on
Answer the four questions on the lottery worksheet
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7. plenary So how did you do?
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So how did you do?
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I have entered numbers and text in cells on a spreadsheet model
I have used formatting to improve the way they look
I used a spreadsheet model to answer some questions
I made predications and changed the values of variables in a spreadsheet model to check them
I added new variables to a spreadsheet model to make it more realistic
I can identify the rules in a model
I can identify the rules in a model and explain what they do
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8. The advantages of modelling
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Much cheaper than using the real thing
Quick results. Simulation can be speeded up
Can simulate dangerous situations
The advantages of modelling
Allows for data to be changed to see the consequences
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9. The disadvantages of modelling
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The disadvantages of modelling
Results are usually only approximate and are not exact
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10. plenary So how did you do?
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So how did you do?
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I have entered numbers and text in cells on a spreadsheet model
I have used formatting to improve the way they look
I used a spreadsheet model to answer some questions
I made predications and changed the values of variables in a spreadsheet model to check them
I added new variables to a spreadsheet model to make it more realistic
I can identify the rules in a model
I can identify the rules in a model and explain what they do
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11. Complete the word search on spreadsheets
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Complete the word search on spreadsheets
Think of 2 real-life situation where you or your family might use a spreadsheet
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