Mean, Median, Mode and Range

Day 2Objective: Students will gather data from the internet and find mean, median, mode andrange from the data.Standards:NCTM Standards: Number and Operations, Data AnalysisNew York State Key Ideas: 5DMaterials:Computer lab, with internet accessStudent WorksheetCalculatorOpening: In what state do you think the highest temperature occurred yesterday, and inwhat state do you think the lowest temperature occur last night?Main: Have students go to the following website from the National Weather Servicehttp://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/us/tempprecip.htmlStudents will find the high and low temperatures for the past 2 days. Explain what theinformation given to them represents. Answer the opening question and give a prize tothe student who was the closest. Students will use this data to answer the questions onthe student worksheet. Assign half of the class to work with one day and the other half toanswer the question based on the other day.Closing: Have students close out of the internet and discuss their findings, based onquestion 10.Homework: page 412 9-14Unit ProjectAssessment: As students are working walk around and make sure they are on task.Teacher’s Notes: Make sure they are using the same date and looking at all of the data.Some students may have to print off the data so they can highlight the numbers they arelooking for.7