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- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students explore how to construct box and whisker plots as they actively participate in being a part of one based upon their heights. As an extension of the lesson, students explore how to interpret a graph of this type. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students choose meals from a menu and then construct a box plot. They use the plot to identify the mean, mode, median and range of the data set. The process standards Communication and Representation are central to this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students construct box plots independently. The process standards Communication and Representation are applied in this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students evaluate the uses and strengths of different kinds of graphs in relation to a set of data. They examine tables, bar graphs, line plots, box plots and coordinate graphs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students research box plots on the Internet. They gather real life statistics and analyze the collected statistics by making multiple box plots on the TI-83 calculator. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students construct box and whisker plots to analyze and compare data sets. They are given the following question: Do longer leggd people run faster than shorter legged people? To investigate this question, students first find the measurement of their legs. They line up in order from theh shortest legged students to the longest legged student. Studentes discuss box and whisker plots while simultaneously creating a human box and whisker plot. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students use Venn Diagrams to solve algorithms. Using a computer applet, students classify objects and determine their placement in a Venn Diagram. Students explore the rules and pictoral examples of disjoint sets and intersecting sets. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to box plots and quartiles. They use an activity and discussion with supplemental exercises to help them explore how data can be graphically represented. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students are presented with the question: "Do longer legged people run faster than shorter legged people?" Students conduct an experiment, collect their data, create box and whisker plots using a computer and graphing program, and analyze their data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students use and interpret measures of center and spread such as mean, median, and mode as well as range. They use box plots to represent their data and answer questions regarding the correspondence between data sets and the box plots. Full Review »
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