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Make a Word Game

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Title:

Make a Word Game

URL:

https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/c/middle-and-high-school/en/make-a-word-game/overview.html

Content Source:

Other
Google For Education Applied Digital Skills
Type: Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

This is a lesson plan from Google for Education, Applied Digital Skills. During this lesson, students use Google Sheets to create a fun word game they can play with a friend. Along the way, they will learn how to use formulas and functions. 

Content Standard(s):
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 7
1) Create a function to simplify a task.

Example: Get a writing utensil, get paper, jot notes can collectively be named "note taking".

Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
  • summarize a collection of steps or algorithms as one function.
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • an algorithm is the set of commands to complete a task.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • combine several algorithms or tasks as a named function.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • it is more efficient to label an activity or program as a function than to list all of the individual steps or algorithms that make up the function or activity.
Tags: formulas, functions, spreadsheet
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Author: Ginger Boyd
Alabama State Department of Education