Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Central Tendency: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to recognize and apply the concepts of mean, median, and mode in real-life problems.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Misleading Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This lesson will challenge students to think creatively by having them design and build water balloon catchers from random scrap materials, while requiring them to take into consideration a multitude of variables including cost,...
Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Statistics

For Students 6th Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with statistics.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explains the basic terminology and formatting of ratios, and demonstrates how to solve typical exercises.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Olive Trees: Data & Chance

For Students 1st - 3rd
Ariel is taking a survey. Do you want to help her collect and describe data?
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Comparing Properties of the Mean and Median

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Through the use of technology, students can investigate how the mean and median of a set of date compares when values the data changes.
Website
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about measures of central tendency.
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Introduction to Descriptive Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of explanations of statistics terms based on the statistics from a dice game.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Stem and Leaf Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan introduces young scholars to stem-and-leaf plots. Many resources are available for student and teachers here.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Geometric Mean

For Students 9th - 10th
Geometric mean is defined, yet there are no links to help with notation at this MathWorld site. Still a good site to clarify your understanding of this geometric term.
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Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Here are some teacher resources to aid in teaching mean, median, mode and range. Includes worksheets, games, and PowerPoint presentations.
Handout
Rice University

Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Arithmetic Mean

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource gives a definition of a mean and provides a formula for finding a statistical mean.
Handout
Rice University

Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Summary of Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th
Site discusses which method of central tendency is most appropriate for different purposes.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Whirlybirds [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This engaging lesson combines the concepts of statistics and measurement. Students create a simulation of a parachute jump using whirlybirds, to predict the frequency of an event occurring. A detailed lesson plan which includes a list of...
Activity
Other

College of Natural Sciences: Measures of Location

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Different measures of location are discussed in terms of box and whisker plots.
Unit Plan
Other

James Wright: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site looks at measures of central tendency and dispersion. Discussed are topics such as standard deviation, mean, median, and mode.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Graphing Calculator Activity: Average [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A concise graphing calculator lesson on calculating average. Detailed examples, demonstrations of calculator functions, and practice problems included. Acrobat Reader required.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding Mean, Median, and Mode: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will demonstrate how to find the mean, median, and mode for a set of data. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Finding Mean, Median, and Mode."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding the Mean of a Set of Data: Lesson 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how to find the mean of a set of data. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Finding the Mean of a Set of Data."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Understanding Mean: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how knowing the mean of a set of data can be useful. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Understanding Mean."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Different Measures of Central Tendency: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how the different measures of central tendency can cause you to look at data differently. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Using Different Measures of Central Tendency."
Website
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Outliers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
On this websites students explore the concept of outliers. Students are given several data sets and investigate how outliers can effect the mean and median of a data set.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Understanding Mean: Lesson 1

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson explains how knowing the mean of a set of data can be useful. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Understanding Mean."
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Who's on First Today?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Batter up! Who has the higher batting average, Joe McEwing or Mike Lieberthal? Try your computation and averaging skills in this real-world math challenge. Learn how sharpening your averaging skills can be valuable in real life...