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Worksheet
Raytheon

Working With Mode, Median, and Mean

For Students 6th - 7th
For this data analysis worksheet, students solve five questions by finding the mode and median of each set of numbers. On the second page, students find the mean of six sets of numbers. On the third page, students find the mode, median,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Atlatl Lessons Grades 4-12: Lesson for Beginning Users of Atlatl

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders determine the mean, range median and mode of a set of numbers and display them. In this data lesson students form a set of data and use computer spreadsheet to display the information. They extend of the process by looking...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Perfect Principal

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students demonstrate their understanding of math skills. In this data analysis lesson, students complete a worksheet requiring them to calculate mean, median, and mode, and create and interpret graphs. Lesson is intended as an assessment...
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Curated OER

Create Your Own Form

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students gather and organize data using a mock census form, and determine mean, mode, range, and median for sets of data.
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Curated OER

Human Face of Mathematics - Mathematics in Aboriginal Culture

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Young scholars collect statistical data.  In groups, students play a dart game and then determine the distance between darts.  They collect the data and plot the information on a coordinate plane.  They identify the mean and the standard...
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Lesson Plan
Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics Education

A Sick Astronaut

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Aspiring astronauts graph, interpret, and analyze data. They investigate the relationship between two variables in a problem situation. Using both graphic and symbolic representations they will grasp the concept of line of best fit to...
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Curated OER

Graphing the Forecast-Line Graph or Bar Graph?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars explore bar and line graphs. In this data collection, graphing, and weather lesson plan, students compare bar and line graphs and discuss which type of graph would be most appropriate for displaying a ten day weather...
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American Statistical Association

Bubble Trouble!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Which fluids make the best bubbles? Pupils experiment with multiple fluids to determine which allows for the largest bubbles before popping. They gather data, analyze it in multiple ways, and answer analysis questions proving they...
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Granny’s Balloon Trip

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Take flight with a fun activity focused on graphing data on a coordinate plane. As learners study the data for Granny's hot-air balloon trip, including the time of day and the distance of the balloon from the ground, they practice...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Mean as a Balance Point

For Teachers 6th Standards
It's a balancing act! Pupils balance pennies on a ruler to create a physical representation of a dot plot. The scholars then find the distances of the data points from the balance point, the mean.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rescue Mission Game

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct probability experiments.  For this rescue mission lesson, sudents play a game and collect statistical data.  They organize and interpret the data and determine the probability of success.  Students plot points on a...
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Curated OER

Measurement and Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate physics by creating paper airplanes. In this flight experiment lesson, 6th graders utilize stationary tools to create elaborate paper airplanes which they fly on their school grounds.  Students complete...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mean / Average

For Students 5th - 7th
In this mean/average worksheet, learners find the mean in three ways: one, by redrawing the objects in a set to show the mean, two, by adding the numbers and dividing by how many numbers there are and three, by finding the mean with or...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

NCAA Basketball finals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and interpret graphs of data sets. The data is used to devise reasons as to why teams in the NCAA Basketball finals from the 1950'sand up have the highest scores.
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Curated OER

Flicking Football Fun

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Young mathematicians fold and flick their way to a deeper understanding of statistics with a fun, hands-on math unit. Over the course of four lessons, students use paper footballs to generate data as they learn how to create line...
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Lesson Plan
Bowland

Water Availability

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Just how scarce is water in different parts of the world? Through these water lessons, young data analysts use provided data to investigate the scarcity of water in countries of the Middle East and Africa. They use ratios and rates to...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Connecting Graphical Representations and Numerical Summaries

For Teachers 6th Standards
Which graph belongs to which summary statistics? Class members build upon their knowledge of data displays and numerical summaries to connect the two. Pupils make connections between different graphical displays of the same data in the...
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Lesson Plan
Bowland

Mystery Tours – Plan Your Tour

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Everyone loves a vacation and a set of three activities has groups planning a tour of the U.K. using given distance, time, and price data. They solve a variety of problems related to the trip and produce a report on the success of the trip.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Fast is it Traveling?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers calculate the rate of speed of various moving objects within the classroom setting, or outside under a controlled environment.
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Assessment
CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 6th Grade Math – Target J

For Teachers 6th Standards
What is the best measure of central tendency? Scholars explore mean, median, mode, range, and interquartile range to understand the similarities and differences. They display data in dot plots, histograms, box plots, and more as part of...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

The Mean, Median, and Mode Chain Gang

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Students analyze a set of data. They work in cooperative groups and use chain links to identify the mean, median, and mode of the chain.
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Curated OER

Patterns, Relations, and Functions

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate the patterns of different data sets of numbers. They use critical thinking skills in order to find the missing numbers in any given set. This lesson helps to develop the skill of number sense.
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Curated OER

Mean Absolute Deviation in Dot Plots

For Teachers 6th
The lesson focuses on the ideas of dot plot representations and the mean absolute deviation of data sets.
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Curated OER

Using Current Data for Graphing Skills

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students graph demographic information. In this graphing lesson, students choose what type of graph to create and what information to display. Links to examples of graphs and statistical data are provided. The graphs are created on the...

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