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Applying Central Tendency

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders calculate the mean, median, and mode of various wages. They apply these skills to asking for pay raises. They discuss whether the mean, median, or mode provide the highest wage increase.
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Maps and Modes, Finding a Mean Home on the Range

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate data from maps to solve problems. In this data instructional activity, 5th graders study maps and collect data from each map. Students present their data in a variety of ways and calculate the mode, mean,...
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What's Your Average? What Do You Mean? I'm More Than Just Average

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Upper grade and middle schoolers collect data, analyze and interpret the data. This three-part lesson should provide learners with a firm understanding about the differences between mean, median, and mode and how to perform the...
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Mean, Median, Mode, and Range - Homework 14.3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this data and statistics instructional activity, students find the mean, median, mode, and range of 4 different sets of data. Next, students solve 1 word problem where they find the mean.
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How Big Is Your Head?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore measurement by measuring classmates' heads. They record their measurements and they put the measurements in order from smallest to largest. Students figure the mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum, and range of...
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Geometric Mean Homework

For Students 10th - 12th
In this geometric mean worksheet, students find the geometric mean of given data.  They examine right triangles.  This one--page worksheet contains 10 problems.
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Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders determine the meaning of mean, median, mode, and range. In this measures of central tendency lesson, 5th graders show their ability to find the mean, median, range, and mode of a data set. They use a class set of birthday...
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Shedding Light on the Weather with Relative Humidity

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners study weather using a graphing calculator in this lesson. They collect data for temperature and relative humidity for every hour over a day from the newspaper, then place the data in their handheld calculator and examine it for...
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Project Interactive--Stem and Leaf Plotter

For Students 4th - 6th
In this excellent stem and leaf plotter instructional activity, students construct, arrange and write a report of how to interpret the leaves they collect in this data analysis. Students answer 4 detailed questions regarding the data...
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Exploring Online Data Analysis Tools Project Interactivate- Plop It

For Students 5th - 7th
In this data analysis instructional activity, students access an online data analysis tool at the given web site. They collect name length data for classmates and enter it into the tool. The find and manipulate the data to determine how...
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Data Management and Probability: Applications

For Students 8th
In this data management and probability applications worksheet, 8th graders solve 20 various types of probability problems. They find the mean, median, mode and range of various numbers. Then, students use the spinner illustration to...
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Mean, Median, and Mode

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the uses of mean, median, and mode. They define key vocabulary terms, observe the teacher model examples of mean, median, and mode, and discuss real world examples of central tendency of sets of data. Students...
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Those Tear-Me-Apart, Put-Me-Back-Together, Never-Be-the-Same-Again Blues

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discuss what it might be like to be the new person in a group, choose the correct words for an apology, learn a vivid lesson about how unking words can hurt others, and write a paragraph to explain what they learned from the...
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Reaction Time

For Teachers 3rd
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...
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Data Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss how data is collected and participate in data collection through a survey. They complete a scavenger hunt on the Internet to gain understanding of the data measures mean, median, mode, and range.
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Heart Smart in a Heart Beat

For Teachers 5th - 7th
As an introductory activity, young statisticians measure their heart rate at rest and after exercise and compute the mean and median, and create a box & whisker plot.  This is followed by watching a video (that no longer seems...
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Twenty Questions: Fourth Grade Math Terms

For Teachers 4th
Questions related to math vocabulary from a large variety of categories for 4th graders are displayed throughout this Jeopardy game. Concepts covered include angles, shapes, computation terms, statistics, and place value.
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Sixth Grade Statistics

For Students 6th
In this mean, median, mode, and range activity, 6th graders complete multiple choice questions about the mean, median, and mode of monetary data. Students complete 15 problems.
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Sixth Grade Statistics

For Students 6th
In this mean, median, mode, and range learning exercise, 6th graders complete multiple choice questions about the mean, median, and mode of temperature data. Students complete 15 problems.
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Sixth Grade Statistics

For Students 6th
In this mean, median, and mode worksheet, 6th graders complete multiple choice questions about the mean, median, and mode of a variety of given data. Students complete 15 problems.
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Sixth Grade Statistics

For Students 5th
In this mean, median, and mode activity, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions about the mean, median, and mode of given data. Students complete 15 problems.
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Statistics

For Students 6th
In this mean, median, mode, and range worksheet, 6th graders complete multiple choice questions about the mean, median, and mode of given data. Students complete 15 problems.  
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Mean, Median, and Mode for Frequency Tables

For Students 6th - 8th
In this mean, median, and mode worksheet, learners solve 10 short answer problems. Students find the mean, median, and mode of various data sets. Learners make frequency tables from the data sets.
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Mean, Median, & Mode

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students determine mean, median, and mode. In this problem solving lesson plan, students evaluate a set of data to determine the mean, median, and mode. Students work in small groups practicing cooperative learning skills as they problem...