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Pixel Art Flags in Spreadsheets

This document provides instructions for an activity where students will draw flags of different countries by coloring in cells in a spreadsheet. It describes how to color cells to recreate three flags. For the first flag, it instructs students to color cells black, red, and yellow to create the flag of the United Kingdom. For the second flag, it describes coloring cells blue, white, and red and adding borders to recreate the flag of France. It then provides instructions for coloring cells blue, yellow, and applying borders to draw the third flag of the European Union.

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Pixel Art Flags in Spreadsheets

This document provides instructions for an activity where students will draw flags of different countries by coloring in cells in a spreadsheet. It describes how to color cells to recreate three flags. For the first flag, it instructs students to color cells black, red, and yellow to create the flag of the United Kingdom. For the second flag, it describes coloring cells blue, white, and red and adding borders to recreate the flag of France. It then provides instructions for coloring cells blue, yellow, and applying borders to draw the third flag of the European Union.

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Year 7 – Spreadsheets Learner activity sheet

Lesson 1 – Getting to know a spreadsheet

Activity 2 – Pixel art


In this activity, you will draw some flags by colouring in cells in a spreadsheet. Can you
guess which country each flag belongs to?

★ Top tip: If you make a mistake, you can use the Undo command to undo the last
thing you did.

Flag 1
Apply a black fill colour to the following cells:
● A1:F5

Step-by-step guide
Prefer to do it step by step? Here are the cells you need to colour:

A1:A5 B1:B5 C1:C5 D1:D5 E1:E5 F1:F5

Hint: A1:A5 means cells 1 to 5 in column A

Apply a red fill colour to the following cells:


● A6:F10

Step-by-step guide
Here are the cells you need to colour:

A6:A10 B6:B10 C6:C10 D6:D10 E6:E10 F6:F10

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Year 7 – Spreadsheets Learner activity sheet
Lesson 1 – Getting to know a spreadsheet

Apply a yellow fill colour to the following cells:


● A11:F15

Step-by-step guide
Here are the cells you need to colour:

A11:A15 B11:B15 C11:C15 D11:D15 E11:E15 F11:F15

Flag 2
Apply a blue fill colour to the following cells:
● A21:B35

Step-by-step guide
Prefer to do it step by step? Here are the cells you need to colour:

A21:A35 B21:B35

Hint: A1:A5 means cells 1 to 5 in column A

Leave the following cells white:


● C21:D35

Apply a red fill colour to the following cells:


● E21:F35

Finally, make the flag stand out by putting a border around it.
● Select all of the cells A21:F35 and apply a border around the outside only.
● Can you work out how to change the thickness of the border?

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Year 7 – Spreadsheets Learner activity sheet
Lesson 1 – Getting to know a spreadsheet

Flag 3
Apply a blue fill colour to the following cells:
● A41:B46
● A50:B55
● D41:F46
● D50:F55

Apply a yellow fill colour to the following cells:


● C41:C55
● A47:F49

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