Curated OER
Design Team Challenge
Learners work in groups to build a robot. In this robotics lesson, students create an electronic robot and program it to follow directions. They create an obstacle course for the robot to follow and test its performance.
Curated OER
The Seasonal Round and The Cycle of Life
Fourth graders are introduced to the concept of the seasonal round and how folklife traditions vary from season to season. They begin charting dates of personal interest on seasonal round calendars by starting with birthdays. Students...
Curated OER
Aging & Body Changes
Young scholars complete several activities that have to do with aging. In this body changes lesson plan students take group averages, measure flexibility and see their changes over time.
Curated OER
Graphing Data - Temperature
Seventh graders measure and record temperature over a given time period. They compare the recorded temperatures to the 40-year recorded normal average temperatures for the same area. Students display and interpret their findings in a graph.
Curated OER
How Far Can You Throw?
Sixth graders take a turn throwing the basketball and softball. They measure the distance in feet and inches between the starting and landing points of the balls. The recorder will record the distance each ball was thrown next to each...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Mean, Median, and Mode Chain Gang
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Central Tendency: Targeted Math Instruction
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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Estimation Station
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...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Understanding Data!
Fourth graders will gear up to explore how to find the means, median, and modes to represent data.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Ridin' Along in My Automobile"
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...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Measures of Central Tendency (Middle School)
Lesson plan provides practice for calculating measures of center.