Oregon Counties and Population
Description-
Students use Google Search with the search terms Oregon Counties, to find the population of the following Oregon Counties: Douglas, Lincoln, Jackson, Lake, Lane, Linn, and Marion. Students need to set up a database in Excel using the category headers “County” and “Population”, add the data, then choose which type of chart they think best shows the data in chart form (column, pie, etc.). Students must show data value by using the “labels” option from their “Toolbox”.
They then copy and paste the chart to an MS Word file (shown in the example). They need to use standard reporting page set-up with a header, title and indented paragraphs with 1.5-2 line spacing. They must write an introductory paragraph, show the data table, and write a summary paragraph that extrapolates and describes at least 2 pieces of data shown in the table.
Reflection-
This project was an extra credit data base. We collected the populations of the counties. We turned it into a chart in excel. After we did that we made the chart into a 3D bar graph with labels. I described what it was in a word doc and then saved it s a PDF. The last thing I did was upload it to my blog. I think I did pretty good since this is my 5th database in span of about a week.