Assignment: Determine The Mean, Median, Mode, And Range Of A Set Of Data 5.17d Assignment

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9 activities: 9 games

137 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Disaster Deduction Detectives

Disaster Deduction Detectives is a four-level game to teach mean, median and basic statistics in context. Students will learn how data tracking and analysis can support important decisions made in real-world scenarios. Through the game, students will be introduced to the concepts of statistical questions and data as well as ways to analyze them. Students will then calculate the mean and median using multiple real-world data sets. Students will be introduced to data visualization through dot plots, variability and the concept of outliers.

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Teacher Ratings (3) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (189) 2.8 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Legends of Math - Ep. 1

Help 4-NAX, Lupus and Draco save planets around the universe by destroying meteors through calculations of measures of variability and center!

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Teacher Ratings (5) 3.4 stars.

Student Ratings (521) 2.7 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 8 min

Slime Captor

Hunt and capture numerous slimes, who are invading the land, for research and study purpose! Find important data by defining mean, median and quartile.

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Teacher Ratings (18) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (3203) 2.9 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Army of the Averages

Defeat the evil interdimensional army that threatens to conquer the Earth. Use all your math and statistical knowledge to win this epic battle!

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Teacher Ratings (10) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (249) 2.9 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 19 min

Big Fish Frenzy!

Sail the seas searching for scrolls for the secret of summarizing data! Catch fish and avoid starfish that get stuck in your net. Can you travel to all 8 locations and collect all 12 scrolls?!

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Teacher Ratings (14) 3.6 stars.

Student Ratings (905) 2.9 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 24 min

Cursed Sea: The Search for Doubloons

Adventure through the islands of the Cursed Sea, searching for the treasures left by Mathbeard! You will find many doubloons, but be wary: these islands require you to learn about median, quartiles, and the interquartile range!

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Teacher Ratings (10) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (747) 3.3 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 19 min

Mean Pirates: The Legend of Mathbeard

You are a broke pirate hunting for the legendary treasure of the mad pirate Mathbeard! Be cautious though - legend has it that powerful curses hover upon the doubloons...A friend of yours found an old diary exposing Mathbeard passion for Statistics, giving you a hint about what kind of traps to expect. What are you waiting for? Embark now!

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Teacher Ratings (13) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (1472) 3.5 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Ancient Enigma

The Ancient Enigma has challenged you to solve its riddles for treasure! In this game by Zapzapmath, students will recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation can describe how its values vary.

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Teacher Ratings (17) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (4071) 3.3 stars.

Activity 9: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 19 min

Math Tower Defense

Build towers which will defend you against upcoming threats. Think deeply about your strategy and use measures of center and variability to help you!

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Teacher Ratings (12) 3.6 stars.

Student Ratings (1106) 4.2 stars.