1. Excel Project
By: Erin Espino

2. Target Audience and Objectives
18-1st grade students, regular education classroom
Content Area: Math
Objectives:
Students will be able to participate in a class survey and state their answer.
Students will be able to interpret and compare the class data.

3. New Jersey State Learning Standards
Math:
NJSLS 1.MD Measurement and Data
C. Represent and interpret data
Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
Speaking and Listening
NJSLSA.SL2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
NJSLSA.SL5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

4. Timeline and Process Timeline: 3 days Process
Students will work in pairs and come up with a question that they want to ask another first grader. For example, What is your favorite pet? They will then decide on 3 categories. For example, cat, dog, and fish. There will be an “other” category too. Students will complete their worksheet together as they plan their question.
The next day, students will ask other first graders their survey questions and record their results using tally marks. After asking 15 other students, they will add up their tallies and record the number of responses for each category.
Lastly, partners will create a bar graph based on the data they collected. They will be able interpret the data with their partner and answer questions about their graph.

5. Student Data Sheet

6. Student Data Sheet Example

7. Student Graph Example

8. Student Questions

9. Excel with 1st graders
I will pick one group’s question and ask the class for their answers. Using excel, I will add their data to the sheet and show them a graph that represents their data. Students will be asked to compare the results and discuss their observations.
Extension- I would also ask the students, “How might this data change?” “What if we asked 2nd graders what their favorite ice cream flavor is?”
I would change the number values in the excel spreadsheet to show the students how the graph changes.

10. Evaluation
Students will be evaluated on their graph using a rubric.