Grade 8

Surim Shim

Design

UNIT 4: Business Lives

Criterion A:

Inquiring and analyzing

<Introduction>
I am going to make an itinerary for Mr. Deepika. She is my English teacher. The reason why
I make an itinerary for her is because I wondered the country that she wants to go and how to be
good journey in that country. So I will interview with her and make itinerary and brochure.

<Inquiry Questions>
1. How can I use functions on spreadsheets?
You can use functions on spreadsheets when you need to count and sum. You also can use
functions such as formula on spreadsheets. There are many functions on spreadsheets like
date & time, lookup & reference, financial and statistical.

2. What is the difference between formula and function on a spreadsheet?

A formula is an expression written by user to be calculated. Users have to write a formula.
All formulas must start with the equal sign like =1+2. On the other hand, a function to sum
value and to calculate number is built into spreadsheet. Functions are typed next to
parenthesizes. When you want to sum 1 and 2 to use a function on spreadsheet, you can do
like this. =SUM(1+2)

3. How are spreadsheets useful in the business world?

Most of companies are using spreadsheets now. First, spreadsheets are used to make
statistics of product sales data on a daily, weekly or monthly. They can improve to check the
data. Second, it is used to make schedule. It can include calculations automatically, also update
when new data is added.

4. How do spreadsheets help with decision-making?

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When do you need to make a decision, spreadsheets help you to find the best choice.

About one topic that have to make a decision, enter up values you consider important and rank
them. For example, you want to buy something necessity, inexpensive, nice, and proper. Then
enter up items of being possible and score each value. The spreadsheet will automatically
calculate scores and show the best choice.

5. How can spreadsheets help with planning?

Spreadsheets help to plan meeting, journey, money, and so on. We can also make
daily schedule and timetable to use spreadsheets. Spreadsheets can count date and
time automatically for meeting. And they can sum and multiple for money planning. Like
these ways, many people can use spreadsheets for planning.

6. What is an itinerary?
When we travel somewhere, the thing is that we need. It means plan of route or
journey. After journey, a diary from journey can also call an itinerary.

<Interview Questions>
Interview with Ms. Deepika

1. What continent would you like to travel?

I would like to go South Korea.
2. What would you like to do there?
I would like to eat Korean food, do shopping, and go Je-ju Island.
3. What are your hobbies?
My hobby is shopping, watching films, and designing clothes.
4. Are you vegetarian?

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No.
5. Do you have any allergies?
I have dust allergy.
6. What range of money would you like to spend on your vacation?
I would like to spend 4000 dollars on my vacation. (Including an air tickets)
7. What would you like to include the schedule?
I would like to go Je-ju Island, Busan, do shoes shopping, toy shopping, and
homestay.

<Researching>
1. Who
Ms. Deepika would like to go. Her husband and her children will go together.
2. Where

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She would like to go to Korea. They will

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visit Seoul, Jeonju, Busan, and Je-ju Island.

They will go to the beach called Haeundae in
Busan, Dongdaemun shopping town in Seoul,
and Hanok village in Jeonju.

3. When
They will leave Phnom Penh on October
4. They will stay in Korea for 7 days. They will
come back to Phnom Penh on October 11.
4. What
They will travel many cities. They will do a lot of activities such as shopping,
homestay and eat Korean food.
5. How
They will take an airplane to go Korea. They will ride train, rental car, and walk.
6. Why
Ms. Deepika wanted to travel to Korea. She likes shopping and designing. So I will
make a plan that will go to Dongdaemun Shopping center. This center has many
clothing shops and fabric shops. I will also make a plan that will go to Busan nearby
sea. Because she wanted to visit her friends house in Busan.

<Research Plan>

What will I
research?

How will I
gather the

How will I
gather the

Why will I

How

How

research

useful

important

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information
?

information
?

this

was this

is this

information

research?

research

PRIMARY

SECONDARY

SOURCE

SOURCE

to solving
the
problem?

Flight

Korean Air

Ms. Deepika

To go to

wanted to go

Korea, it

to Korea.

notices
how to go
Korea.

Only two
airlines go to
Korea from
Phnom Penh.
I think Korean
Air is better
than Asiana
Airlines so I
choose

Car

AJ Rent-a-Car

She wanted

We have

to drive a car

to rent a

in Korea.

car to
travel in
Korea.

Korean Air.
Rental car
service is
important. If
you dont
have a car in
the country,
you can rent a
car from that

Hotel

Hotels

She wanted

This

Combined

to sleep at

website

comfortable

provide

place.

cheap and
good hotel.

Homestay

HomestayKorea

She wanted

This

to homestay

website

in Korea.

give to
search
host fast.

company.
It is so
important
when you visit
other country.
Booking a
hotel before
the trip can
save money.
Searching
host before
going
homestay is
important.
This website
help to search
host.

<Design Brief>

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I will try to create good programs. Since she wanted to do shopping, I will put many
shopping programs. I will create itinerary to use a spreadsheet. It will help me to make an
itinerary easily. My product will be on website Thinklink and I will put a photo of Korean
main palace Gyeongbokgung.

Criterion B:

Developing Ideas
<Design specification>
Flight
-

Korean Air

Transportation
-

Car

Train

Airplane (To go to Je-ju Island)

House
-

Hotel

Homestay

Guest house

Activities
-

See Korean old palaces

Go to beach

Do train trip

Visit her friends house

Go to Je-ju Island

Homestay

Shopping

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Food
-

Local food

Street food

Design

Thinklink
-

Put a photo related to Korea

Must put 7 points at least

Must have information links of places she will visit

Spreadsheet
-

Insert comment about the place she will visit

Must not be intricate and confusing to see

<Bibliography>

"Excel Functions." Excel Easy. WWW.EXCEL-EASY.COM, 2010. Web. 24 Mar. 2015.

<http://www.excel-easy.com/functions.html>.

"How Do Businesses Use Excel?" Small Business. Ed. Kathy Burns Millyard. Hearst
Newspapers. 2015. Web. 24 Mar. 2015. <http://smallbusiness.chron.com/businesses-

use-excel-1048.html>.
"Make Better Quality Decisions with the Help of This Spreadsheet."Lifehacker. N.p., n.d.
Web. 26 Mar. 2015. <http://lifehacker.com/5879173/make-better-quality-decisions-withthe-help-of-this-spreadsheet>.
"What Is the Difference between Function and Formula in Excel?" - Super User. Matan Eldan, 21
July 2010. Web. 03 Mar. 2015. <http://superuser.com/questions/166008/what-is-the-differencebetween-function-and-formula-in-excel>.

Criterion C:

Creating the solution

To Create product, I will need:
Spreadsheet

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- Title
-

Day and date

Program

Cost

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Thinklink
-

Photo related to the places

Links that have information about the places

My Thinklink: http://www.thinglink.com/scene/637744095342624768
My created product changed many time. During making product, I changed some
parts when I remained good ideas. It was better than my original design.

Criterion D:

Evaluating the solution

<Design specification>
Flight
-

Korean Air (Yes)

Transportation
-

Car (Yes)

Train (Yes)

Airplane (To go to Je-ju Island) (Yes)

House
-

Hotel (Yes)

Homestay (Yes)

Guest house (Yes)

Activities
-

See Korean old palaces (Yes)

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- Go to beach (Yes)
-

Do train trip (Yes)

Visit her friends house (No)

Go to Je-ju Island (Yes)

Homestay (Yes)

Shopping (Yes)

Design

Food
-

Local food (Yes)

Street food (Yes)

Thinklink
-

Put a photo related to Korea (Yes)

Must put 7 points at least (Yes)

Must have information links of places she will visit (Yes)

Spreadsheet
-

Insert comment about the place she will visit (Yes)

Must not be intricate and confusing to see (Yes)

<Evaluation>
This unit was new and challenge to me. To interview someone, making a
spreadsheet and using thinklink are hard, but I managed at last. I will improve to make
spreadsheets because it took a long time to arrange activities. Also, I need to make
interview questions more specifically. I only asked basic questions, so it was difficult to
make itinerary. And I will improve researching skills and on-time management. This project
was new to me, but if I started to make this fast, I might have done on time. So, from now
on I will do project on time. Anyway, These 4 improvements would make my products
better. If we do this project next time, my product will be much better than this.