6.1 You will learn: 1. how to put words and numbers ____ the computer 2. how to ____ words and numbers stored on the computer. Computers can ____ numbers. Computers can work out the ____ to sums. Talk about... What kinds of ____ do you think children had ____ ago? How are data created? 1. Your teacher will say the names of different toys children played with long ago. ____ your hand ____ if you like the toy. Which toy ____ the most hands up? 2. Imagine you are an archaeologist. An archaeologist is a person who finds out about ____ ____ by digging up things people have made. They go on digs to find old things. Imagine you are on a ____ and you find some old toys. Did you know? The numbers we use in spreadsheets today, 1, 2, 3 and so ____, were developed in India and ____ over one ____ years ago. 6.2 In this lesson You will learn: → how to find numbers using ____ how to ____ your answers. Write the word 'ball. ____ to it, write down how many balls you see. Write the word 'bear. Next ____ it, write down how many bears you see. Write the word 'car. Next to it, write down ____ ____ cars you see. Explore more ____ the toys you see in your home, or in a newspaper or magazine. 6.2 Digital citizen of the future What sorts of jobs ____ numbers? In this lesson You will learn: → ____ a spreadsheet ____ → how ____ choose a cell in a spreadsheet. A spreadsheet looks like a ____ on the screen. There are lines and ____. You can name each cell using letters and numbers. The first cell is A1. The cell is in the A ____. The cell is in ____ 1. Select a cell Move the mouse pointer to a cell. The mouse pointer looks like a ____. Click the left mouse button. You ____ the cell. Select means you have chosen the cell. Extra challenge Select a cell and ____ your name ____ it. Data is the ____ for information that we type into a computer. Names are one example of data. Can you think of any ____ types of data? Activity You will see a ____ open on your screen. Move the mouse pointer to these ____. A1 C3 E8 B4 F10 Click to ____ each cell. 6.3) Labels In this lesson You will learn: 1. what labels are 2. how to ____ labels ____ a spreadsheet. You can use labels in a spreadsheet to talk about data. A label is a ____, or a small ____ of words. Activity Imagine you are an archaeologist finding old toys. You want to make a ____ of the toys you have found. You can enter ____ by typing them in a cell. ____ cell A1. ____ the label: 'Toys!' Press 'Enter'. Which ____ in this spreadsheet has a ____ in it? Save your spreadsheet ____ a file called: 'Toys!" This is an example of an ____ toy. It is a dove on wheels ____ the 5th century BCE. 6.4) In this lesson You will learn: how to ____ a ____ ____ a spreadsheet. Open a file Open your file ____ 'Toys'. Click 'File' ____ the left-hand mouse ____. Click ____ with the left-hand mouse button. Click the file called 'Toys' with the left-hand mouse button. You might need to ____. Double-click means click two times ____. ____ you are an archaeologist. You will ____ the ____ for toys you have found ____ your dig. Make a list in your spreadsheet of the types of toys that children played ____ long ____. Say one more type of toy you could add to this list 6.5) Number values In this lesson You will learn: what spreadsheet values are how to ____ values into a spreadsheet. Numbers in a spreadsheet are called ____. Each cell ____ a label or a value. Now you are going to type in the values ____ each toy. Activity Type number values ____ to each ____ in your spreadsheet. You can choose any numbers you like. Think about how many toys children might have had long ago. Remember to ____ your file. Digital citizen of the future This is the type of ball children ____ with in Ancient Egypt. Do you think children long ago had many toys? Or did they just have a few? What kinds of toys can you ____ in the future? 6.6) Editing In this lesson You will learn: how to ____ values in a spreadsheet. ____ you are an archaeologist. You have put information about old toys into a ____. Now imagine you have found more toys! You need to change the values in the spreadsheet. When you edit, you make changes to a file. Open your file called 'Toys. Look at the ____ and values in the spreadsheet. Activity ____ the values in your spreadsheet. Add one ball. Add three dolls. ____ two games. Add one marble. Add one animal. Save your file ____: 'Found toys edited. Think again How many toys are there altogether? Check what you know You have learned → how to ____ words and numbers into the computer → how to ____ words and numbers ____ on the computer. Activities This spreadsheet is called 'Toys Test'. Make sure it is open and ready to use. 1 Type the word 'Teddy' in cell A7. 2 Type the number'1' in cell B7. 3 Type your name in an ____ cell. 4 Save the file with a ____ file name.

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