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Reaction Time

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Third graders review important vocabulary to explain measures of central tendency and reaction time. In pairs, they measure reaction time of dropping and catching a ruler. Data is collected after repeated catches and information is recorded.

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

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mean, median, mode, range, reaction time, math

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