Assignment: Determine Statistical Questions 6.SP.A.1 Assignment

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9 activities: 9 games

130 min

Activity 1: 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 (251) 2.9 stars.

Activity 2: 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 3: 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 (1487) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Archidex

Solve the boxplots to discover ancient secrets and treasure! In this game by Zapzapmath, students will display numerical data in plots on a number line including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

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Teacher Ratings (16) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (2981) 3.1 stars.

Activity 5: 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 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Archidex

Solve the boxplots to discover ancient secrets and treasure! In this game by Zapzapmath, students will display numerical data in plots on a number line including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (16) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (2981) 3.1 stars.

Activity 7: 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 (18) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (4106) 3.3 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Halloween Candy Treat

Candy factory has a big order for Halloween! The factory manager has challenged his team to deliver the order within a month. Collect the candy in the Halloween bag and dodge the eerie bug coming across. Make sure to collect and analyze the data after each game play!

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Teacher Ratings (24) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (4490) 3.7 stars.

Activity 9: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Stat-Man

Stat-Man, the hero of Stat City, is working to eradicate the corrupted data spread out by Dr. Bias in the form of Data Ghosts. Avoid the Data Ghosts until you collect enough data to lure out Dr. Bias. He will try to trick you, but you can counter with your statistical knowledge. Unlock your stat-powers to expel the Data Ghosts and save the city!

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Teacher Ratings (24) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (5300) 3.8 stars.