Scaffolding Activities

Activity #1
Microsoft Word

Complete the following steps:

1. Open Microsoft Word and a new document.  Save the file on a disk and name it 3D.
2. Click on View--Toolbars--Drawing
3. On the Drawing toolbar near the bottom of the screen, click on the rectangle.  A box will appear in your document stating:  Create your drawing here.  For our purposes, do not create your drawing in this box.  To create a rectangle, click where you want the rectangle to be placed in your document (outside of the "create your drawing here" box) and hold the mouse button down as you drag the rectangle into form (holding the mouse button down as you drag is referred to as click and drag).  The size of the rectangle does not matter because you will resize it when you perform Step 4.
4. Double click inside of the rectangle you formed to open up the Format AutoShape window.  Select the Size tab and set the values for Height and Width to 3".   Click on OK to close the Format AutoShape window.
5. On the Drawing toolbar, click on the green three dimensional cube located to the far right on the toolbar.  A pop up menu will appear with selections of three dimensional figures.  Click on the figure in the bottom left hand corner.  If you hold the mouse over the figure, it will be labeled 3-D Style 17.  Your rectangle in your document should transform into a three dimensional gray colored figure as pictured below.

6. On the drawing toolbar, click on the rectangle.  To the right side of the three dimensional gray colored figure click and drag to form a rectangle.  Resize the rectangle as you did in Step 4 using Height and Width of 1".
7. Copy the rectangle by pressing the Ctrl and C key at the same time.
8. Paste the rectangle once by pressing the Ctrl and V key at the same time.  A copy of the rectangle will appear on top of the original.  Paste the rectangle four more times using Ctrl and V.  Move the individual rectangles to different locations on the page by clicking a dragging them one at a time.  You should have created a document similar to the one you see pictured below.  Save the file.

Activity #2
Microsoft Excel

Complete the following steps:

1. Open Microsoft Excel and a new document.  Save the file to a disk and name it Analyzing.
2. Press the Ctrl key and A at the same time to highlight all cells.
3. From the pull down menu on the tool bar near the top of the screen, select the font Times New Roman and 12 for the size.
4. Click in cell A-1 and type the word "Length".
5. Click in cell B-1 and type the word "Width".
6. Click in cell C-1 and type the word "Height".
7. Click in cell D-1 and type the words "Surface Area".
8. Click in cell E-1 and type the word "Volume".
9. Click in cell F-1 and type "V : S.A.".
10. Click and drag to highlight Cells A-1 through F-1.
11. Center the text in each cell by clicking on the center justification icon on the toolbar near the top of the screen.
12. Resize the width of the columns to accommodate the text by placing the cursor over the boundary of the column until the cursor changes form.  Clicking and dragging with the new form of the cursor will stretch the width of the column.
13. Click and drag from cell A-1 to cell F-5 to highlight a rectangle shape of cells.

14. On the menu at the top of the screen, click on Format--Cells to open the Format Cells window.  Click on the Borders tab and single click on Outline and Inside to place borders on the cells.  Click OK.  You should see borders around each individual cell.  Click on the print preview icon to double check that the cells are properly bordered. 

15. Click on cell A-2 and enter the number 6. 

16. Click on cell B-2 and enter the number 6.

17. Click on cell C-2 and enter the number 6.

18. Click on cell D-2 and enter the following and press enter:  =SUM((2*A2+2*B2)*C2)

19. You should see the number 144 in cell D-2.

20. Click on cell E-2 and enter the following and press enter:  =A2*B2*C2

21. You should see the number 216 in cell E-2

22. Click on cell F-2 and enter the following and press enter:  =E2/D2

23. You should see the number 1.5 in cell F-2.

24. Click and drag from cell D-2 to F-2.

25. Copy these cells by pressing Ctrl C.

26. Click and drag from cell D-3 to cell F-5 to highlight a rectangular shape of cells.

27. Press Ctrl V to paste the information that you copied from cells D-2 to F-2 in step 24.

28. Your finished table should look like the one pictured below.  Save the file. 

Activity #3
Internet

Complete the following steps:

1. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator and navigate to http://mr-nye.tripod.com
2. Find the link to your textbook and click on it.
3. In the table of contents, click on Chapter 6.
4. In the left hand margin, click on Internet Activities.
5. Click on The Place is Packed and read all of the information.  What you are reading should look like what is pictured below.  Be prepared to discuss what you read.