1. Spreadsheets/Internet

Go to the Olympic On-Line Store. You have the following amounts of money:
50 Euro Dollars
50 US Dollars
50 Mexican Pesos
You are to make purchases with each of these spending as close to the total amount as possible. Since all prices at the store are given in Australian dollars, you must use the money converter. In your spreadsheet, first list the country that would be using this money (if more than one, choose one) then list the name of the item, the store price, the converted price and a picture of the item. At the end of each country list, total the two price columns.

2. Desktop Publishing

3. Spreadsheet

As an extra precaution, you may wish to print a hard copy after each update as well as making backups of the file.

4. Desktop Publishing

Now, you should research the country that you have chosen. Write a short report about the country and the athletes that it has at the Olympics. Include such things as a map of the country, explain its location in relationship to Australia, the language, economics and any prior Olympic history. This report should have a cover page as well as a bibliography. Print two copies, one for your folder and one for me to grade.

5. Desktop Publishing

Locate pictures of Australia or activities at the Olympics either on the Internet, in books, newspapers or brochures. If your picture is not from the Internet, use the scanner to digitize the picture for use on the computer. Using the picture(s), create a postcard from the Olympics to send home to a friend or family member. Be sure that you give a short description of what is being seen in the picture(s) in an appropriate location on the card. Include all of the usual graphics on a postcard. Address the card for mailing.

 6. Spreadsheets/Graphs

After the October 1 closing of the Sydney Summer Games, you are to modify your country spreadsheet by creating totals for each column for the medal count for your team country. At this time, you will complete all special formatting to make the spreadsheet as attractive as possible. Using the spreadsheet, create a pie graph that shows the breakdown of your country's medals. Be sure to create headings and legends. Print the graph on a separate page.

7. Spreadsheets/Graphs

Using the official medal count from the newspaper or the Internet, create a spreadsheet that shows the medal count for the top ten countries. Use all of your formatting techniques to make the spreadsheet attractive as well as readible. Now create graphs for gold medals, silver medals, bronze medals and total medals. Print each graph on a separate piece of paper. Be sure to make the graphics as attractive and informative as possible.