Assignment

Charting Sports Scores
 * Project is due by Friday
 * Reflection needs to be posted by Wednesday

Printable Instructions
 * Project:** Real world application for charts in Excel


 * Activity:** In Excel open & save a workbook file as **__Scores__**

1. Navigate to ESPN (@http://espn.go.com/) 2. Using the Search box in the upper right hand corner search for your favorite sports team’s page (It will need to be a team covered by ESPN, but can be any team or sport they cover) 3. From the team page access the previous season’s schedule – this should give you a list of their scores for the previous season as well 4. Use the list of opponents & scores to create a table in Excel – include at least 15 scores 5. Create chart from that data – place it in a separate sheet 6. Answer the Reflection below 7. Either email your file or submit it in class using your jump drive
 * Experiment with the different charts to find the best one for your data
 * Customize the chart with team colors & other formatting options of your choice


 * Reflection:** In the discussion forum. List three possible reasons why creating a chart would be useful.