Describing Data

Grades: 6th Grade

• Overview

• 6.8 Unit Overview

• Pre-Unit

• 6.8 Pre-Unit Check

• Sub-Unit 1: Visualizing Data

  Students answer statistical questions and analyze dot plots and histograms by describing their shape, center, and spread.

• Screen Time
• Dot Plots
• Minimum Wage
• Lots More Dots
• The Plot Thickens
• DIY Histograms

• Sub-Unit 2: Measuring Data: Mean and MAD

  Students are introduced to the mean of a data set and make sense of it as a measure of center. They also calculate the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of a data set and make sense of it as a measure of spread. They then use these statistics to describe and compare real-world data.

• Snack Time
• Pop It!
• Hoops
• Hollywood, Part 1
• 6.8 Practice Day 1
• 6.8 Sub-Unit Quiz

• Sub-Unit 3: Measuring Data: Median and IQR

  Students are introduced to a second way to measure center (median) and two other ways to measure spread (interquartile range (IQR) and range). They create box plots to visualize data and make choices about which measures of center and spread to report based on the data.

• Toy Cars
• In the News
• Pumpkin Patch
• Car, Plane, Bus, or Train?
• Hollywood, Part 2
• Hollywood, Part 3
• 6.8 Practice Day 2

• End-Unit

• 6.8 End-of-Unit Assessments

• Resources

• 6.8 Lesson Practice
• 6.8 Additional Practice
• 6.8 Show What You Knows

• Differentiation and Personalized Learning

• 6.8 Differentiation and Personalized Learning