Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Mean, median, and mode are three kinds of "averages". The "mean" is the "average" you're used to, where you add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers. The "median" is the "middle" value in the list of numbers. To...
Activity
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Mode, Median, Mean Examples

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of step-by-step worked problems demonstrating how to take a set of data and produce the measures of central tendency. Hints are provided along the way and the final measures are shown for the user to check.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion Grades 8 9

For Students 8th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to calculate different measures of central tendency, as well as the spread or dispersion of the data.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion Grades 11 12

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to the most common measures of central tendency: the mean, median and mode.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion Grade 8

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the mean, median, mode and range of a data set.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Box and Whisker Plots Grade 6

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Draw and analyze a box-and-whisker plot.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Medians

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Apply the Median Theorem.
Activity
Other

Gobierno De Navarra: Puntos Y Rectas Notables De Un Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to construct the bisectors, median and altitude of a triangle.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Ridin' Along in My Automobile"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners will research prices of used cars to discover how automobiles lose their value over time. Students will create a chart to record their information, use their chart to graph their data, and find measures of central tendency of...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Estimation Station

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson, students will learn the difference between estimation and guessing. Knowing how to estimate is an essential skill that will help students determine approximate totals as well as check the reasonableness of their...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Mean, Median, and Mode Chain Gang

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Cooperative learning groups and chain links are used to find the mean, median, and mode. A Science NetLinks activity is linked for further real-life application in the world of baseball (optional). This lesson plan was created as a...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What Does the Data Tell Us? Describing Data

For Teachers 6th Standards
Understanding how to interpret data by its shape, spread, and center helps students to understand statistics.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Analyze This Part 2!

For Teachers 6th Standards
Srudents connect mean, median, mode and range to real life. It will allow students to make sense of problems by using previously taught strategies.
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Bisectors, Medians, Altitudes Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide on bisectors, medians, and altitudes covers key vocabulary, different theorems, and facts about the altitude and triangles. It is available for download with free registration.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Mean and Median

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This applet allows the user to investigate the mean, median, and box-and-whisker plot for a set of data that they create.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Box Plot

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students can create box plots for either built-in or user-specified data as well as experiment with outliers. User may choose to use or not use the median for calculation of interquartile range.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Measures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter data and view the mean, median, variance, and standard deviation of the data set.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Skew Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Change the median and standard deviation of an automatically generated normal distribution to create a skewed distribution, allowing you to observe properties like what it means for the mean, median, and mode to be different.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Plop It!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
PlopIt allows users to build dot plots of data using the mouse. View how the mean, median, and mode change as entries are added to the plot.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Medians of a Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the medians of a triangle with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition and internet activities that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Handout
Cuemath

Cuemath: Median

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about the median with definitions, how to find it, solved examples, and practice questions.
Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Center and Spread Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the Praxis Core Math Test. This section reviews probability and statistics questions connected to the center and spread of data in a collection.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 4.5 Theorems About Concurrence in Triangles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find out about some common centers of triangles.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Central Tendency: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this instructional activity, students will be able to recognize and apply the concepts of mean, median, and mode in real-life problems.