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Mrs. Mitchell's (goo.gl/EtZmWM) 3rd graders took on the role of architects and designed their own dream house. They were required to create a floor plan, find the perimeter and area of each room, and find the total cost of their house. Students used Room Styler (roomstyler.com) to create their house and choose the materials they wanted for their rooms (wall trim and floor material). Students also created a Google Spreadsheet to organize their measurement and budget data. Music by Only1dob (Drowning To Succeed) https://soundcloud.com/only1dob

There are so many great additions to the new Google Spreadsheet! Here are some the changes you will find: Millions of cells and no limits on columns, formulas, or the number of cells you can copy and paste Scrolling large spreadsheets are faster, and calculations load instantly Provides you with formula examples, a summary, and articles you can use to learn more 20 new functions Works offline

Incorporating Graphs/Charts (Math) with Biomes (Science) My second grade class has been learning about biomes for the last month. I decided to have my students create a graph or chart that compares the number of deserts in each continent. I shared a Google document that stated two objectives:  The Google document also had a link to the  Survival World website  that listed all the deserts in each continent.  Steps in Creating Their Graphs or Charts: Open the Google document and visit the Survival World website to find out how many deserts there are in each continent Create a Google spreadsheet  Create a table that lists the continents and the number of deserts in the continent Go to 'Insert' then 'Chart' Open Google Earth and search for 5 deserts Take a screenshot of one desert (command+shift+4 for the Mac) and insert it into a cell on the spreadsheet Open Google Earth and find  Example of Student Work  Here is what one of my...