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The objective of our blog is to share information about how we integrate our technology curriculum into the subject area curriculum. The foundation of this effort is the methodology of team teaching the lessons with the Middle School subject area teachers. Each post describes a particular lesson, the software used, some of the skills that were targeted, and the number of days that were spent in the lab.

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Percent Changes and Excel

The 8th grade Math students used Excel to answer word problems that involved percent changes. The students created formulas which allowed them to calculate percent increases or decreases, as well as total increase or decrease of populations over a period of time. The lesson took one class period to complete.