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Drops on a Penny

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Students guess how many drops of water a Heads-Up penny hold, then count how many drops it actually hold and record their data.

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mean, central tendency, average, median, mode, range

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mean, median, mode, range, math
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Math
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