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Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher
Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher
Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications
This Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module introduces students to the electronic spreadsheet as a tool for elementary calculation. The module covers some basics, including the components of a spreadsheet, the necessity of an equals symbol for cell formulas, how the mathematical concept of function applies to spreadsheets, and a few mechanical things such as copying and pasting. It also covers some basic quantitative-literacy material that will come up in later modules -- order of operation, unit conversions using proportions, order of magnitude, and a few elementary functions. The module is basically a tutorial followed by a hefty end-of-module assignment that …
Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations And Graphing Tasks, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher
Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations And Graphing Tasks, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher
Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications
This module is designed for potential use in the Geology of National Parks service course at USF. The course is offered as an online course every semester. It includes readings from Parks and Plates, weekly quizzes based on that textbook, and weekly student activities designed to align the course with the University's general education requirements. This module is intended to be one of those activities, with the specific goal of meeting the gen-ed quantitative literacy dimension.
Let's Take A Hike In Catoctin Mountain Park, Meghan Lindsey
Let's Take A Hike In Catoctin Mountain Park, Meghan Lindsey
Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications
This Spreadsheet Across the Curriculum activity imagines that a Geology of National Parks student is in the Washington DC area and went to Catoctin Mountain Park MD to hike one of the trails with a friend. The hikers were given a topographic map and a trail map of the park and, after the hike in which they enjoyed seeing the geology, they used the map information to determine how many calories they burned off during the hike. For the purpose of the module, students back home in a Geology of National Parks course are told which hike to take (a …