Aligned Resources

Virginia Standards of Learning
6th Grade
Probability and Statistics
6.19 The student will describe the mean, median, and mode as measures of central tendency, describe the range, and determine their meaning for a set of data.

Activities (2)

Screenshot of Plop It!
Plop It!

PlopIt allows users to build dot plots of data using the mouse. View how the mean, median, and mode change as entries are added to the plot. Parameters: Range for observations.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, data plot, graph, histogram, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, statistics

Screenshot of Stem and Leaf Plotter
Stem and Leaf Plotter

View stem-and-leaf plots of your own data, and then practice finding means, medians and modes. Stem and Leaf Plotter is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: data plot, graph, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, statistics, stem and leaf