How high can your pupils jump? Learners design an experiment to answer this question. After collecting the data, they create box plots and scatter plots to analyze the data. To finish the instructional activity, they use the data to draw conclusions.

Concepts

mean, five-number summaries, box plot, box and whisker plots, scatter plots, data collection, data analysis, outliers

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask individuals to create an official lab write-up 

Classroom Considerations

• Requires experience calculating mean and five-number summaries
• Materials needed: tape measures, tape, and graphing calculators

Pros

• Includes sample data to create a possible answer key
• Increases motivation by using real-life data 

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-ID.A.1 HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-ID.A.3 HSS-IC.A.1 MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 MP5