Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Center and Spread Lesson
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the Praxis Core Math Test. This section reviews probability and statistics questions connected to the center and spread of data in a collection.
Math Planet
Math Planet: The Mean, the Median, and the Mode
Gain an understanding of how to find the mean, median and mode by viewing examples and a video lesson. [2:22]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion Grade 8
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the mean, median, mode and range of a data set.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Measures of Central Tendency (Middle School)
Lesson plan provides practice for calculating measures of center.
Other
Magoosh: Statistics Fundamentals
An online course on the fundamentals of statistics including video lessons in Mean, Median, and Mode; Weighted Averages; Quartiles and Boxplots; Range and Standard Deviation; Normal Distribution; Z-scores; Intro to Inferential...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Central Tendency: Targeted Math Instruction
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to recognize and apply the concepts of mean, median, and mode in real-life problems.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Stem and Leaf Plots
Lesson plan introduces young scholars to stem-and-leaf plots. Many resources are available for student and teachers here.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Does the Data Tell Us? Describing Data
Understanding how to interpret data by its shape, spread, and center helps students to understand statistics.
Education Development Center
Math Partners: Statistics and Probability [Pdf]
Comprehensive unit that consists of lessons and activities designed to help students learn statistics and probability concepts.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Understanding Data!
Fourth graders will gear up to explore how to find the means, median, and modes to represent data.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Different Measures of Central Tendency: Lesson 3
This lesson demonstrates how the different measures of central tendency can cause you to look at data differently. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Using Different Measures of Central Tendency."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Using Different Measures of Central Tendency: Lesson 4
This lesson demonstrates how the different measures of central tendency can cause you to look at data differently. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Using Different Measures of Central Tendency."
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Data Analysis: Mean Average
Students can watch a step by step lesson showing how to determine the mean. Then sing along with a song and test your knowledge of understanding when you have completed the activities.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Misleading Graphs
This lesson will challenge young scholars to think creatively by having them design and build water balloon catchers from random scrap materials, while requiring them to take into consideration a multitude of variables including cost,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Statistics Landmarks Vote
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson uses clustering to explore the concept of mean, median, and mode of a set of data and calculates the arithmetic mean.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion Grades 11 12
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to the most common measures of central tendency: the mean, median and mode.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.3 Describing Data Sets With Outliers
For certain data sets, such as home prices and household or individual income, is often described using the median instead of the mean. This lesson explores the mean and median in some different situations to help you understand the...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Math Steps: What Is It? Data
This is a great place for lesson information on the concept of analyzing data - measures of central tendency. Three other tabs are available besides the "What Is It?" link. Tips and Tricks, When Students Ask, and Lesson Ideas also...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Data Types
The University of Illinois provides this site that is helpful because of the various kinds of data that can be collected. This lesson plan helps students differentiate between qualitative, quantitative, and many other types of data.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Nitrate Levels in the Rock Creek Park Watershed: Meas of Central Tendency
Activity uses water-quality data from Rock Creek Park to illustrate elementary statistical measures of exploratory data analysis. The focus of the lesson is the nutrient limitation in a stream and the three measures of central tendency.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: All That Data 2
Students describe graphs and explore range, measures of central tendency, and distribution in this interactive web lesson.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Statistical Studies, Central Tendency, and Dispersion
The mathematics tutorial investigates statistical studies, central tendency, and dispersion. The lesson consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource includes an activity...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Ridin' Along in My Automobile"
Students will research prices of used cars to discover how automobiles lose their value over time. Students will create a chart to record their information, use their chart to graph their data, and find measures of central tendency of...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Birds: How Do We Increase the Bird Population at Our School?
This is a lesson plan of how to improve our environment as well as how to enjoy it. The learners will sit in the schoolyard, study pictures of birds and then compile similarities and differences. Students will observe live birds in the...