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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.
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Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about measures of central tendency. Topics explored are mean, median, mode, and expected value. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts through class notes and examples. Review exercises and a chapter quiz are...
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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.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Fifteen problems presented on the topics: mean, median, mode, outliers and graphing statistics. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View...
Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Box Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan introduces quartiles and box plots. It contains an activity and discussion. Supplemental activities about how students can represent data graphically are also included.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Mean, Mode, Median, and Range

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart about mean, mode, median, and range. It also has an assessment using Activotes.
Graphic
Curated OER

Image for Mean

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the statistical term, "mean." An example is provided for explanation. Links are given to other related terms: central limit theorem, population, median, and mode.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Descriptive Statistics Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a statistics calculator; enter a data set and hit calculate. Descriptive statistics summarize certain aspects of a data set or a population using numeric calculations. Examples of descriptive statistics include: mean, average,...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Statistics Landmarks Vote

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson uses clustering to explore the concept of mean, median, and mode of a set of data and calculates the arithmetic mean.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Medias

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive activity is designed as a review to the concept of mean, median and mode.
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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.
eBook
Missouri State University

Missouri State University: Introductory Statistics: Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent resource on what the science of statistics involves. There are all kinds of definitions, examples, graphs, and charts to learn from. The topics covered include: mode, mean, median, skewed distributions and measures...
Activity
Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Math Steps: What Is It? Data

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This is a great place for lesson information on the concept of analyzing data - measures of central tendency. Three other tabs are available besides the "What Is It?" link. Tips and Tricks, When Students Ask, and Lesson Ideas also...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Statistics for Math B

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will determine the mean, median, mode and standard deviation of collected data. They will make a frequency histogram of the grouped data, both on graph paper, and on the TI 83+.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion Grades 9 10

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Decide which measure of central tendency best describes a data set.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Birds: How Do We Increase the Bird Population at Our School?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a lesson of how to improve our environment as well as how to enjoy it. The students will sit in the schoolyard, study pictures of birds and then compile similarities and differences. Students will observe live birds in the yard...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.sp Puppy Weights

For Teachers 5th - 7th
A performance task asking students to create a graph of provided information and then answer two questions about the information provided with that graph.
Activity
TOPS Learning Systems

Top Science: Tack Toss [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An activity where students toss a set of tacks one hundred times and plot how many land on their sides each time. They then calculate the mode, median, and mean.
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.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Data Types

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The University of Illinois provides this site that is helpful because of the various kinds of data that can be collected. This lesson plan helps students differentiate between qualitative, quantitative, and many other types of data.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Nitrate Levels in the Rock Creek Park Watershed: Meas of Central Tendency

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Activity uses water-quality data from Rock Creek Park to illustrate elementary statistical measures of exploratory data analysis. The focus of the lesson is the nutrient limitation in a stream and the three measures of central tendency.
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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
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Misleading Graphs

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This activity 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,...

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