Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Listen to Your Heart

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore how exercise affects heart rate and use spreadsheets to record and analyze data.
Handout
Cuemath

Cuemath: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about measures of central tendency with definitions of mean, median, and mode, solved examples, and practice questions.
eBook
Missouri State University

Missouri State U.: Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides lengthy explanations of the measures of central tendency - mean, mode, and median - and the measures of variability - range, variance, standard deviation. Graphs of interesting examples are presented as well, skewed...
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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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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Measures of Central Tendency

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Mean, median, and mode are measures of central tendency in data analysis. Each can be used to identify central tendency. Box-and-whiskers plots are a visual representation of collected data involving medians.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides valuable information regarding measures of central tendency. Also, clicking on the link gives valuable examples to clarify understanding.
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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.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of measuring central tendency.
Lesson Plan
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Measures of Central Tendency (Middle School)

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lesson plan provides practice for calculating measures of center.
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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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.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Different Measures of Central Tendency: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how the different measures of central tendency can cause you to look at data differently. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Using Different Measures of Central Tendency."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Different Measures of Central Tendency: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson demonstrates how the different measures of central tendency can cause you to look at data differently. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Using Different Measures of Central Tendency."
eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with the mean, median and mode. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Website
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about measures of central tendency.
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.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Measures of Central Tendency Activity: Height of the Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this lesson is to have students create a box and whiskers plot from collecting class data of each person's height.
Activity
Rice University

Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Click on mean, median, mode, trimean, or trimmed mean to review central tendency.
Handout
Rice University

Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Summary of Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th
Site discusses which method of central tendency is most appropriate for different purposes.
Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Application and Modeling of Standard Deviation

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students examine graphs of data using each of the measures of central tendency to determine when to use each in order to get a true overview of the data.