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Helping Children With Hurricane Katrina: Building Playhouses and Comparing Costs

This project involves building playhouse models for children affected by Hurricane Katrina. Compare costs of Cape Cod and Victorian models. Learn about building features and trimmings involved. Use spreadsheet fundamentals for cost calculations.

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Helping Children With Hurricane Katrina: Building Playhouses and Comparing Costs

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  1. Hurricane Katrina Help the children!

  2. Helping the children • Build a model of a playhouse • Find the cost of the models: Katrina.xls • Compare the costs of the models • A donor has been identified!!!!

  3. A Cape Code Model • What are the building features for this house? • Trimming • Dutch door • Shutters

  4. A Victorian Model • What are the features of this house? • Child dutch door • Flowerboxes • Trimming

  5. The Cape Cod ModelThe Victorian Model

  6. Your turn to work on the problem How much do these playhouses cost to build?

  7. The Cape Cod ModelThe Victorian Model

  8. Spreadsheet Fundamentals • Avoid numeric values in formulas • Refer to values by cell referencing • Use built in formulas • Be careful with cell referencing (absolute vs. relative) • =sum(B2:B10)/8 • =sum(B2:B10)/B1 • =average(B2:B10) • = $B$3*B5 + $C$3

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