This bundle contains the below Google Drive Activities to teach your students all about Google Docs, Slides, Sheets and Drawings in detail.

On purchase of this resource, you will be provided with a sharable link to access the files in Google Drive so they can be shared with your students via Google Drive or Google Classroom. A pdf version of the resource will also be supplied.

Resources for Google Docs™:
This resource is perfect for introducing and teaching Google Docs for beginners. It covers the following topics in depth:
• Suggested Lesson Directions - to help deliver each lesson
• Formatting Text Activities * 6
• Formatting Letters Activity * 1
• Creating Leaflets Activity * 1
• I Can Statements – Used for self-assessment, peer assessment or teacher assessment
• Task Cards - Promotes independent skills development. Also used for review activities
• Google Docs Toolbar
• Question Cards – Used to test students’ understanding
• Question Sheet – Used to test students’ understanding
• 12 Skills Videos covering the following skills:
• Making text Bold, Italic and Underlined
• Changing the background color of a page
• Changing font size, style and color of text
• Inserting tables, columns and rows
• Formatting tables
• Inserting and formatting bullet points/lists
• Inserting and resizing images
• Inserting document columns
• Inserting headers and footers
• Changing Page Layout and Printing
• Performing a Spell Check
• Formatting text justification i.e. left, right, center and fully justify

Resources for Google Slides™:
This resource is perfect for introducing and teaching Google Slides for beginners. It covers the following topics in depth over a period of 7 weeks (1 hour per week) - Can take longer to deliver depending on student ability:
• Suggested Lesson Directions - to help deliver each lesson
• Google Slides Endangered Animals Student Work Book - Students use this to access the project scenario, starter and plenary activities as well as planning pages. Additionally, students will learn how to search the internet effectively using keywords.
• Teacher PowerPoints
• I Can Statements – Used for self-assessment, peer assessment or teacher assessment
• Task Cards - Promotes independent skills development. Also used for review activities
• Google Slides Toolbar
• Question Cards – Used to test students’ understanding

Resources for Google Sheets™:
This resource teaches youngsters the basic and intermediate skills of Google Sheets. It teaches students the very basic skills up to more advanced skills such as absolute cell referencing. The google sheets exercises in this bundle also prove to be excellent resources for consolidation work or even mini tests.
I have used the resources in my computer lab for 1 hour lessons per week and they have lasted for up to 10 weeks. The timing can alter depending on the ability level of the students completing the worksheets and activities.
Topics in this bundle include:
- Introduction to Google Sheets
- Calculations in Google Sheets
- Understanding and Naming Cell references
- Use of simple formulae/calculations such as addition, subtraction and multiplication.
- Functions in Google Sheets (sum, min, max, average, mode)
- Tallying data in spreadsheets
- Making predictions by changing data
- Components of a graph
- Advantages of spreadsheets over pen and paper methods
- Analysing Google Sheets Data
- Inserting spreadsheet rows
- Practising and Creating Google Sheets from scenarios
- Understanding, creating & analysing Graphs in Google Sheets
- Absolute & relative cell referencing
Resources included in this bundle:
1. Seven Detailed lesson plans
2. Student Worksheets - can be shared via Drive or Classroom for students to type answers into.
3. Google sheets exercises with accompanying worksheets
4. I Can Statements which cover the following 6 categories:
- Text & Number Formatting
- Cell Formatting
- Creating & Formatting Graphs
- Using Formulae & Functions
- Sheet Operations
- Sheet Layout & Appearance
5. 20 Task Cards which allow students to practise the following skills in Google Sheets independently:
- Inserting columns
- Deleting columns
- Deleting rows
- Inserting rows
- Adding currency
- Removing currency
- Adding decimal places
- Removing decimal places
- Adding borders
- Changing border color
- Adding fill color
- Sorting data
- Merging cells
- Unmerging cells
- Creating charts
- Customizing Pie Charts – A closer look
- Moving charts to new sheets
- Changing Chart types
- Adding New Sheets
- Deleting sheets

Resources for Google Drawings™ & Docs™: - This resource comes with 4 activities as follows:
• Creating Folder structure (20 minutes) – Students use the Help/Task Cards provided to assist them with setting up a suitable folder structure.
• Formatting Letter (1 hour) – Students open the letter provided in Google Docs as make the necessary adjustments as per the instructions provided. Help/Task Cards provided can be used to assist with this task.
• Creating Logo (1-2 hours) – Students create a logo in Google Drawings which fits the requirements of the provided business scenario. They must then insert the logo on the letter from the previous task. Help/task cards are provided to assist with this task.
• Creating Leaflets (1-2 hour) – Students create a leaflet in Google Docs which fits the requirements of the provided business scenario. A planning template is provided to assist with this task as well as Help/Task Cards.
This activity pack comes complete with I Can statements to help track student progress as well as to move them onto more challenging tasks. Task/Helps cards are also provided to assist with using Google Docs and Drawings as well as to create folders in Drive.

When purchasing this resource, you will get a sharable link which will give you access to the resources in Google Drive. Please make sure you log into your Google Drive account before you gain access.