Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Humidity Makes Air Feel Even Hotter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students note the range of heat indexes on the overall data as well as specific humidity levels and air temperatures. They find the mean and median of the ranges and calculate apparent temperatures for specific scenarios.
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.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Quiz on Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students examine advanced mathematics concepts with this online quiz. The assessment shows comprehension of measures of central tendency. Topics include mean, mode, and median.
Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Lesson Plan
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.
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,...
Article
The Balance

The Balance: What Is Income Per Capita

For Students 9th - 10th
Income per capita can mean several things, depending on how it is measured. This article explains the various measurements, as well as other ways to measure income.
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Stem and Leaf Plot

For Students 9th - 10th
Shodor offers this interactive Stem and Leaf Plotter. The mean, median, and mode may be calculated or checked for accurracy with your given data. Be sure to check the "What?" link to find exercises and a lesson plan.
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+.
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 instructional activity 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...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Probability and Statistics Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students are asked to find the mean, median, mode, and range of a data set. Also, they must be able to interpret graphs and tables, and graphically represent data. The quiz is multiple choice and consists of nine questions, and a summary...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Understanding Data!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will gear up to explore how to find the means, median, and modes to represent data.
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.
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This resource is the beginning of a series of pages that demonstrates the diffference between the mean and median of a group of numbers. Uses bar graphs to display the data.
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.
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...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Restocking Shoes

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this video from Cyberchase, Bianca uses data on past shoe sales to help her decide what quantities of each size she should order in the next shipment.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Practice Test: Graphs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource allows users to test their knowledge of graphs and graphing methods.
Unit Plan
Education Development Center

Math Partners: Statistics and Probability [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Comprehensive unit that consists of lessons and activities designed to help students learn statistics and probability concepts.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Baseball Players [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This task challenges students to demonstrate understanding of the concept of measure of center.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Math: Probability and Statistics Glossary and Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Math glossary and terms on probability and statistics for kids. Learn the definitions used in this mathematics subject such as mean, median, and mode on this site.
Lesson Plan
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.
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: All That Data 2

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students describe graphs and explore range, measures of central tendency, and distribution in this interactive web lesson.

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