We need to see value to learn

Because we have so much stimulus and information flowing around us all the time, students have learned to tune out things they have decided are unimportant for them.  Many students who do not value their STEM education do not recognize its importance for their future opportunities and the needs of the nation.  Teaching skills on spreadsheets immediately show students value added because they can see the cells replicating many calculations instantly.  Further, the organization and layout of a spreadsheet model can have many educational benefits for learning "data fluency".  Organizing data in columns and labeling with units, and having graphs with units labeled helps students understand the connection between STEM and data science simulataneously!