Making a Pie Chart Using Excel

Step 1- Copying the information  

Below is a list of Continents ranged from the greatest population to the smallest. 

Data Taken: 2010 estimates information taken from the WorldFact Book.

Continents by Population	Year 2010
Asia	4,140,336,501
Africa	994,527,534
Europe	738,523,843
North America	528,720,588
South America	385,742,554
Australia/Oceania	36,102,071
Antarctica	0

Step 2- Making the Chart

1. Put the above data into an Excel Spread Sheet

2. Then click on the chart tab. You need to select chart at the top of the menu and then choose a pie chart.  You will need to choose the format that shows %.

3. After that you can customize the chart and change the title to: Continents by Population.

4. You can also change the color of the chart and the background if you wish.

5. After completing this last step, Print your chart and turn it in.  

Excel Project Day 1

Today we will learn about Microsoft Excel.  We will learn how to use Excel and create a spreadsheet and bar graph.

Be sure to follow the steps in order to create your spread sheet.

1.  Open Microsoft Excel and click on new spreadsheet.

2.  Below is information taken from the census from the 2010.  Copy the information and type it into the spreadsheet that you have created. 

Continents	Square Kilometers
Asia	44579000
Africa	30065000
North America	24256000
South America	17819000
Antarctica	13209000
Europe	9938000
Australia/Oceania	7687000

3.  Once your information is in the chart, Highlight all of the data you input.

4.  Then click on the Charts Tab.  

5.  Choose Column and pick one to use.

6.  You can change the size of the chart and colors of the bars.

7.  When finished, print, write your name on it and turn it in.

Copy Right and Fair Use

Please view the following Websites on Copy Right.  Next week there may be a quiz.

Brain Pop Video

Cyber Bee Copyright Questions

Taking the Mystery out of Copyright

Works Cited cont...

Good Morning! Today you will be taking a quick quiz (don't worry its just to see what you know).  Once you have finished the quiz you will be working on creating a bibliography using Word.
 

Good Morning! I have created this blog for 6th grade only! Each class we will log in and you will have different assignments to complete.

 Let's Start!

First view the Brain Pop video on Citing Sources. (the user name and password is on the board)

Next, play the power point slide show on using Microsoft word to create a bibliography.