In a message of , Matt Smith (1:3644/6) writes:
 MS>SK> There is no longer any need for a student to write a program in 
 MS>order 
 MS>SK> to
 MS>SK> do calculations on a computer. Surely you have heard of the common
 MS>SK> application programs called "spreadsheets"?
 MS>
 MS>    For most undergrad chem experiments, a four-function calculator is 
 MS>just as fast.
 MS>
No way.  And anyway, the spreadsheet can do awesome graphs of many types,  
helping kids to better grasp the meaning of the results.  I've used  
spreadsheets with middle school science teachers -- they analyzed their ozone 
 data, water quality data, etc. -- and couldn't wait to take that back to 
their  classrooms.
 
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