About Part 1

You Found My X-Cell

In this part, students form pair groups to learn about Microsoft Excel, by engaging in a game of strategy called You Found My X-Cell. After a brief introduction to spreadsheet terminology, students construct a player sheet that contains five targets built using the letter X. Each person takes a turn guessing the location of the targets by calling out a cell reference. The first student to find all the targets is the winner.

Assignment 1: Explore Spreadsheet Basics

Assignment 2: Set Up Game Worksheets

Assignment 3: Play "You Found My X-Cell"

Learning Objectives

Below is a list of the learning objectives. Students should be able to independently complete each task.

  Content knowledge:

• understand the basic parts of a spreadsheet program; cell, row, column, row heading, column heading, name box, cell reference, formula bar
• develop a strategy to place hidden targets and a strategy to find an opponent's targets

   Technical Skills:

   Operating Environment

• open and close a program

   Spreadsheets

• select columns using the column heading
• select rows using the row heading
• select a specific cell using the cell reference
• enter text into a cell by either typing it directly into the box or into the formula bar
• select a cell using the mouse pointer. ENTER key, TAB key, and name box
• fill a cell with color using Fill Color
• select multiple cells and remove the fill color
• format the alignment of cells to the left, center, and right
• format the font, font size, and font style or text in a cell
• rename a worksheet
• delete a worksheet
• view worksheet in a workbook

   Applied Technology

• locate hidden targets on a worksheet in the game You Found My X-Cell