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1,173 resources with the concept central tendency

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 6th Grade Math – Target J Assessment

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 6th Grade Math – Target J

6th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewWhat is the best measure of central tendency? Scholars explore mean, median, mode, range, and interquartile range to understand the similarities and differences. They display data in dot plots, histograms, box plots, and more as part of...
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Tell it Like it is! Lesson Plan

Tell it Like it is!

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
Scholars apply prior knowledge of statistics to write a conclusion. They summarize using correct academic language and tell the story of the data.
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How Fast Are You? Lesson Plan

How Fast Are You?

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Quick! Snap up the lesson. Scholars first use an online app to collect data on reaction times by clicking a button when the color of a box changes. They then plot and analyze the data by considering measures of center, measures of...
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How Long is 30 Seconds? Lesson Plan

How Long is 30 Seconds?

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
How long is 30 seconds? Scholars compete to determine who can most accurately predict how long 30 seconds lasts and then compare accuracy among groups. They collect and sort data, determine the central tendencies, and divide the data...
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Don’t Spill the Beans! Lesson Plan

Don’t Spill the Beans!

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
Approximately 89 percent of humans demonstrate right-hand dominance, 10 percent demonstrate left-hand, and the rest show equal dominance between hands. Scholars design an experiment to determine if the dominant hand holds more volume...
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Step into Statastics Lesson Plan

Step into Statastics

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
Class members study the size of classmates' feet and perform a statistical analysis of their data. They solve for central tendencies, quartiles, and spread for the entire group as well as subgroups. They then write a conclusion based on...
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Motivation to Run Activities & Project

Motivation to Run

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Run headlong into a great resource. Young mathematicians explore the Nike+ app to see which measure of central tendency motivates runners the most. They use two screenshots of the app to help them make their determinations.
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Measures of Center Video

Measures of Center

13 mins 6th - 9th
CCSS: Adaptable
Bring statistics to the front and center. An informative video describes how to find measures of center for numerical data. It covers the mean, the median, and the mode, as well as briefly mentions outliers.
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Texting During Lunch Histograms Assessment

Texting During Lunch Histograms

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Explore the meaning of a mean, median, and mode. A well-designed assessment question has scholars compare mean, median, and mode values from a set of data. Histograms communicate the data for analysis, and learners determine the best...
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S.ID.A.2 and S.ID.A.3 Assessment Items Assessment

S.ID.A.2 and S.ID.A.3 Assessment Items

9th - 11th
CCSS: Designed
Different data sets can sometimes require different statistics. Young data analysts investigate provided data to compare center and spread of data sets. The assessment items cover S-ID.2 and S-ID.3, requiring them to choose the...
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Mean, Median, and Mode: Measures of Central Tendency: Crash Course Statistics #3 Video

Mean, Median, and Mode: Measures of Central Tendency: Crash Course Statistics #3

11 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
If you have two feet, you have more than the average number of feet! Explore the meaning of the numbers of measures of central tendency of different data sets with the third of five lessons in a video statistics playlist. Using unique...
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Adding Up Stats Lesson Plan

Adding Up Stats

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
The proof is in the numbers! Scholars conduct surveys, collect data, and analyze results in a thorough lesson. After plotting the data using various graph types, they make conclusions using the data as a support.
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Dice Roll Project Lesson Plan

Dice Roll Project

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Learning about probability is as easy as rolling dice. Young mathematicians conduct a probability experiment by rolling pairs of dice. Using spreadsheets, they calculate the empirical probability of certain events.
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Ballistic Statistics! Lesson Plan

Ballistic Statistics!

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Find statistics at work in the world. With the aid of the Internet and virtual libraries, pupils find examples of 14 statistical terms. They then create an electronic presentation with the examples, making sure to obtain permission to...
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Leave Only Footprints Lesson Plan

Leave Only Footprints

6th - 8th
You don't need to tip-toe around an enlightening resource. Young environmentalists learn about ecological footprints in the third lesson of 16. Answering a questionnaire helps them see how their own families and homes affect the...
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Mean, Median, and Mode with CK-12 PLIX
6 Item

Mean, Median, and Mode with CK-12 PLIX

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Help middle schoolers find meaning in measures of central tendency with a collection of interactive math resources. Offering real-world contexts for investigating the mean, median, and mode of data sets, these digital activities make great additions to any middle school math curriculum.
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Texting During Lunch Assessment

Texting During Lunch

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Compare the measures of central tendency through an assessment question. Using data about the number of texts, scholars calculate the measures of central tendency. They then determine which represents the data most accurately.
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Digging the Plots Lesson Plan

Digging the Plots

9th - 10th
CCSS: Designed
Don't get boxed in by the comparisons. The activity begins by reviewing statistical measurements. Using two provided data sets, pupils create box plots to represent them. Pairs then work to answer questions about the box plots and make...
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Close to the Crossbar with Standard Deviation Lesson Plan

Close to the Crossbar with Standard Deviation

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Who is more accurate, boys or girls? Scholars kick a ball in a goal and record makes and misses. They then analyze the data using standard deviation and variance. Their final task is to make a comparison between the data from boys and...
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Understand and Create Histograms: Histograms Interactive

Understand and Create Histograms: Histograms

6th - 10th
CCSS: Designed
Determine the shape of weight. Using the interactive, class members build a histogram displaying weight ranges collected in a P.E. class. Scholars describe the shape of the histogram and determine which measure of central tendency to use...
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A MEANingful Discussion about Central Tendency Lesson Plan

A MEANingful Discussion about Central Tendency

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Don't hem and haw like a see-saw about using an engaging resource. A batch of questions has scholars analyze situations to identify whether the mean or the median would be best to describe the center. It also introduces the idea of a...
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How Many Jeans? Assessment

How Many Jeans?

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
These jeans were made for data distributions. A pair of dot plots shows the distribution in the number of jeans members of two classes own. Young data analysts determine a measure of center that would be most appropriate to compare the...
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Choosing Samples Activities & Project

Choosing Samples

6th - 7th
CCSS: Designed
What makes a good sample? Your classes collaborate to answer this question through a task involving areas of rectangles. Given a set of 100 rectangles, they sample a set of five rectangles to estimate the average area of the figures. The...
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Math Grade 7: Compare Data Sets and Make Inferences Assessment

Math Grade 7: Compare Data Sets and Make Inferences

7th
CCSS: Designed
Do boys or girls have longer first names? Pupils use data given in a bar graph to determine the mean and mean absolute deviation of letters in first names. These values provide a way to compare the data sets for boys and girls.
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