Unit 1 Building Community Through the Data Cycle

Content Emphasis/ Big Ideas

In this unit, students work with measures of center to determine how changes in the data affect the mean, median, and mode. Students then learn how to use a line plot to describe mean as a balance point. Previous knowledge of other types of data representations may be revisited in this unit (i.e., bar graphs, line plots, line graphs, and pictographs) by comparing representations of the same data.

Standards:

• 6.PS.1 The student will apply the data cycle (formulate questions; collect or acquire data; organize and represent data; and analyze data and communicate results).
• 6.PS.2 The student will represent the mean as a balance point and determine the effect on statistical measures when a data point is added, removed, or changed.

Skills:

1. Comparing Data
2. Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

Comparing Data

Instructional Videos

Practice Items

Comparing Data Practice

Skill Based Game

Interpreting Data Game

Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

Instructional Videos

Mean, Median, Mode, & Range

Mean, Median, Mode, & Range

Practice Items

Mean, Median, Mode Practice

Mean, Median, Mode, & Range Quiz

Skill Based Game

Glow Time Game

Additional Resources:

STMath (60 Minutes recommended per week)

Math At Home