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Box and Whiskers

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Middle schoolers discover how to relate collected data with a box and whiskers graph in a number of formats. They collect, organize, create, and interpret a box and whiskers graph. Pupils interpret the difference between sets of data, and share their results with the class. This is a good lesson to introduce what a Box and Whiskers graph is, and how they are best-used.

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data collection, data, box and whisker plots, graphs, graphing

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box and whisker, data collection, graphing, math
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Skills Practice
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