Build upon and stack up data to get the complete picture. Using the applet, pupils build bar graphs. As the bar graph builds, the interactive graphically displays the mean, median, and mode. Learners finish by exploring the changes in the measures of center with different data distributions.

Concepts

mean, median, mode, bar graphs, data display, data analysis

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide the class with specific means, medians, and modes and have them create a data set that has those statistics
• Use the bar graph to show how the mean can be interpreted as the balance point

Classroom Considerations

• Individuals should know the difference between mean, median, and mode

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

• Uses colors to distinguish between the bars
• Provides links to related resources within Shodor

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.SP.A.2 6.SP.A.3 6.SP.B.5.a HSS-ID.A.1 HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-ID.A.3