Activities

Day 1
Download the Weather Data Sheet. (You have the option of filling in the information directly into the Sheet on the computer, or you can print a copy of the sheet and fill it in by hand.)

You will then select 5 cities from around the world.  (Note, you will be using the same five cities everyday.)

Then open the Weather Links page.  Here you will find Links to various weather related web-sites.  You will go to these sites to find the information that you need to fill in your Weather Data Sheet.

When you have completed this assignment, open up the Microsoft Excel template.  It will prompt you to open up file from current location, or to save to disk.  Click save to disk.  This will give you an Excel Workbook, with the appropriate number of worksheet.  If you look at the bottom of the workbook, you will see a tab for each city.  Use a different worksheet for each of the five cities that you have.

Once you have opened up Excel it is now time to input information in the cells.  Just click a cell and type in the information that you want in that cell.   Look at an example as to how this is to be done.  SAMPLE

BE SURE TO SAVE  YOUR WORK!

Day 2 through 5 (repeat instructions each day.)

Download a new Weather Data Sheet.

Retrive today's weather data for the same 5 cities that you choose in Day 1. 
Weather Links

Then open up  the Excel Workbook you started on Day 1, and fill in today's weather data.

BE SURE TO SAVE YOUR WORK!

Final
You will  now take you data from the 5 cities, and will create graphs using the chart wizard in Excel, to compare and contrast the data you collected from the cities you choose.  

Chart Wizard Help

Days 6-7
Create graphs for each city, based on the weather data you collected.  Export your graphs to PowerPoint,  and compare and contrast the data in a oral presentation, with PowerPoint.
 
 

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