thanksgiving google slides challenge

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You will create a Thanksgiving Google Slide Presentation that includes 7 total slides.  The directions for each slide are explained below.
Challenge Points
Slide 1 10
Slide 2 10
Slide 3 20
Slide 4 10
Slide 5 10
Slide 6 20
Slide 7 10
Challenge 8 10
Total 100

slide One

Layout: Title Only
Title: Thanksgiving Computer Skills Challenge
  1. Create a new Google Slides presentation. 
  2. In the Title, type "Thanksgiving Computer Skills Challenge"
  3. In the Subtitle type your first and last name. 
  4. Choose a Theme that has an autumn color for Thanksgiving.

slide Two

Layout: Title Only
​Title: Thanksgiving Side Dishes

slide Three

Layout: Title Only
​Title: Top Producing Cranberry States
  1. In the title, type "Thanksgiving Side Dishes"
  2. Insert a Table (3 rows x 3 columns). 
  3. Type nine traditional Thanksgiving Side Dishes. 
  4. Center the text within the Table. 
  5. change the font style to a font of your choice, and increase the font size to 18. 
  6. Change the text color of each row: 
    1. first row → Red 
    2. second row → orange  
    3. last row → brown. 
  7. Insert three pictures to match three side dishes. Resize the pictures if needed.
Americans consume 400 million pounds of cranberries each year. Twenty percent of that is during the week of Thanksgiving. That is 80 million pounds! 
  1. Create a pie chart to display which U.S. states are the top cranberry producing states. The percentages by state are listed below. 
    1. Open Google Sheets and fill in the states to match the given percentages  
    2. Create the pie chart and then copy and paste the chart on the slide.
Wisconsin 62.1%
Massachusetts 25.7%
Oregon 6.5%
New Jersey 5.7%

slide four

Layout: Title and Two Columns
​Title: Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade has been a tradition in New York for years! 
  1. Research what number this year’s parade will be. For example 95th and insert a WordArt to say 95th Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 
  2. Change the WordArt Fill Color to a Thanksgiving color and move it to the bottom of the slide. 
  3. Type: "More Info" in the LEFT Column, and insert a hyperlink to the Macy’s Day parade website.  
  4. In the RIGHT column type: "How to Watch" and create a bulleted list to display the information on how to watch the parade (channel, date & time). ​

slide five

Layout: Title Only
​Title: Turkey Towns
Three towns in the United States have the word turkey in the name. 
  1. Insert a black and white map of the United States 
  2. Insert a 5-point star with Yellow Fill Color to show where the towns are located 
  3. Insert text boxes to label the town name and two-letter state abbreviation.

challenge six

Layout: Title Only
​Title: WOW!
Most Americans consume more calories on Thanksgiving Day than any other day of the year. 
Research how many calories the average person consumes on Thanksgiving Day. The USDA recommends 2,000 calories per day. 
  1. Create a Column Chart to display the data, include a chart title and data labels, copy and paste the chart into the slide.

slide seven

Layout: Title Only
​Title: Thanksgiving Dinner
You are planning Thanksgiving dinner for 12 people. What size turkey should you buy? You are going to stuff the turkey. How long will it take to cook the stuffed turkey? 
  1. Create two Text Boxes. 
    1. One Text Box should display Turkey Size: 12 (complete the information) 
    2. The second Text Box should display Cooking Time: (complete the information). 
  2. Apply the same Fill Color to both Text Boxes. 
  3. Center align text, 
  4. Change the Font Style to a Font of your choice  
  5. Increase the Font Size to 24. 
  6. Insert two pictures appropriate for the slide. 
  7. Resize the clipart/pictures if needed.

challenge eight

  1. Apply Slide from the Left Transitions to every slide. ​