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Box And Whiskers
Students investigate the concept of using box and whisker plots. They demonstrate how to use them to compute median, mode, and range. Students compare and contrast the complete and systematic processes use to solve problems. This is done...
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Semiconductor Process Math Applications
Pupils listen to a description of how memory chips are made and watch a video about this process. They discuss etch uniformity and reasons it is important. Students determine the range of the uniformity. Pupils use sample chips and a...
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Mean, median, and mode... Use the data
Ninth graders participate in a lesson focused on the concept of basic statistics. They find the mean, median, and mode of different data sets. More advanced students could practice creating a bell curve from the data.
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Literacy as a Force in the World
Young scholars research and compare economic factors and data mining in Nepal. Students look at data to determine how the Nepalese quality of life compares to other countries and predict whether the literacy rate indicates or influences...
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More Jelly Bean Math
Middle schoolers use their color categorized jelly beans to find the range, mean, median and mode. They use their recorded data documenting how many jelly beans there are for each color in order to calculate the range, mean, median and...
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Math "Hoop-la"
Students study the meaning of and the differences between mean, median, and mode. They apply their knowledge of mean, median, and mode to a real-life scenario using a basketball and a hoop.
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Global Statistics
Students select appropriate data to determine the mean, median, mode and range of a set of data. They calculate the statistical data on literacy rates and life expectancy within each geographic region of the world. Students determine...
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Stem-and- Leaf Plots
Students are introduce to the notion of stem-and-leaf plots. They use stem-and-leaf plots to calculate the mean, median, and mode of a set of data. Students use computers to learn about stem-and-leaf plots.
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Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for the Binomial Distribution
Students review previous lessons on mean, variance, standard deviation, and expected value. They utlize formulas for these characteristics that are specifically designed for the binomial distribution. Students discuss the similarities...
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U.S. Immigrant Statistics
Students compare the populations of ten U.S. states to the number of immigrants who entered those states in a given year and calculate the mean, mode, and median of the grouping. They discuss why some states are more attractive than...
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Investigating Median, Mode, and Mean
Middle schoolers develop strategies to organize data while following teacher demonstration. They calculate the mean, median and mode of a data set while determining the relationships between the numbers. They analyze data from tables and...
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Integrating Math and Sports Project
Students work in pairs to choose a set data from one of the sports websites for their chosen sports. They find the mean, median, mode, and range of their data set. Students create a graph on Microsoft Excel and write several...
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Finding Mean, Mode and Median in the Computer Lab
Young scholars create spreadsheets which will display and figure mean, median, and mode of a set of numbers.
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Counseling
Students read a book as a group about bullies and being mean to one another. They answer questions as a class and discuss what to do instead if you are ever in this situation.
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Counseling
As a class, students read a book about being bullied and being a mean person. They answer questions as a class and draws a picture of a person who bullies them. They also discuss other ways to handle the situation.
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Counseling
As a group, students read a book about being bullied and losing their friends. They answer questions after reading and discuss them. They learn better ways to handle the situation.
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In the Right Mode
Sixth graders practice determining mean, median, mode, and range using individual mileage logs. They convert miles to kilometers and graph their results.
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Basic Operations with Decimals
Twelfth graders practice skills adding and dividing decimals. They examine the help wanted ads and compute the hourly and weekly wages. They discuss the real life value of understanding the importance of decimals.
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Central Tendency
Fifth graders compare and contrast different sets of data on the basis of measures of central tendency.
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Investigations into Estimations
Learners gain the powerful tools of estimation, prediction, and averaging and discover the importance these tools have in daily living.
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Mean, Median, and Mode
Fifth graders compute the mean, median, and mode of sets of numbers.
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Swish: Applying Statistics to Real Life
Sixth graders conduct on-line research of shot data and percentages for professional basketball players. They compare computed data to researched data and write a letter informing professional organizations of their findings.
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Using Mean, Median, Mode, and Range through Basketball
Eighth graders use the sports pages of the newspaper to analyze the mean, median, mode and range of basketball statistics.
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What Temperature Is It?
Pupils use the internet to research information on the average maximum and minimum temperature for a city in their state. They create spreadsheets and enter data to analyze the information, focusing on averages, maximums, minimums and...