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Forces Graphing ICT UPDATED 2023

The document outlines a Year 7 ICT task focused on extracting scientific information about the planets in our solar system, requiring students to create a Google Sheet with specific data. It includes instructions for calculating distances in astronomical units (AU) and constructing a line graph to visualize the data. Students are instructed to submit their completed Google Sheet on Google Classroom, ensuring to include their full name and class.

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Forces Graphing ICT UPDATED 2023

The document outlines a Year 7 ICT task focused on extracting scientific information about the planets in our solar system, requiring students to create a Google Sheet with specific data. It includes instructions for calculating distances in astronomical units (AU) and constructing a line graph to visualize the data. Students are instructed to submit their completed Google Sheet on Google Classroom, ensuring to include their full name and class.

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YEAR 7 ICT TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Part 1: Extracting scientific information from


credible sources
1. Open up a new Google sheet.
2. Construct a table with the following headings:

3. Fill in the
blank spaces
with the plants
from Mercury
to Neptune by
their order from
the Sun
Part 1: Extracting scientific information from
credible sources
4. Using the data sheet provided, fill out the columns ‘Distance from Sun (km)’ and
’Orbital period (days)’. Make sure you pay attention to the units of measurement.

Note: please write


distance in numerals not
words.
e.g.
1000000

1 million
Part 2: Distances in Space & the AU
An astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance between the
Earth and the Sun

It is roughly about 150 million km


Hence, the distance between the Sun & Earth is 1 AU
Why do you think it usually used to measure distances within our solar system?
Part 2: Converting distance from kilometers to
AU in Google Sheets
1. Click on the first empty cell in your AU column
2. And type ‘=‘. This will start your formula
Part 2: Converting distance from kilometers to
AU in Google Sheets
3. Click on the distance in Km for Mercury. It should say B2 in your distance
from sun (AU) cell.
Part 2: Converting distance from kilometers to
AU in Google Sheets
4. Enter in ‘/150000000’ behind the cell coordinate. This is the formula for dividing by the
number of kms in 1 Astronomical Unit.
In other words, you are dividing 57910000 by 150000000

1 AU
Part 2: Converting distance from kilometers to
AU in Google Sheets
5. Press the ‘Enter’ button on your key board.
Part 2: Converting distance from kilometers to
AU in Google Sheets
6. Click on ‘format’
7. Hover over
‘Number
8. Select ‘Number’
Part 2: Converting distance from kilometers to
AU in Google Sheets
8. Your AU value should now be in 2 decimal places. Now Select the cell and hover
your mouse over the bottom right corner.
Part 2: Converting distance from kilometers to
AU in Google Sheets
7. Drag that little blue circle to highlight the remaining cells in the column. Once you
do this, the rest of the cells should have values in them.
Please note: The answers are 0 in this column because we have no values in column B
Part 3: Constructing a line graph
1. Select the last two columns in your table
Part 3: Constructing a line graph
1. Click on Insert at the top. Click on Chart.
A panel will open on the right hand side. Select ‘Scatter chart’ in chart type.
A chart will form in your sheet.
2. Check your graph that your axes, labels and units are correct.
You will need to add a trend line.
3. Double click on the chart to open
the editor panel again. Click on
customise
Open the series tab.
Select trend line.
Once you click this, your graph will have a straight trend line.
4. Change the trend line to a curved one. Select exponential
SUBMISSION

Submit your Google Sheet which includes both your


table and graph onto google classroom!

NB: Remember to include YOUR FULL NAME and CLASS


on the Google Sheet also.

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