Bowling for Box Plots

Students will learn about the effects of an outlier and interpret differences in shape, center, and spread using a bowling activity to gather data. The students will learn to score their games, report their scores, and collectively measure trends and spread by collaborating to create a box plot. They will analyze and compare box plots, and determine how much of an effect an extreme score (outlier) can have on the overall box plot of the data.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 50 Minute(s)
Keywords: box plot, outlier, IQR (interquartile range), median, range, quartile, comparing measures of variablility, comparing measures of center, making inferences, data distribution, outliers
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Worksheet,  Presentation/Slideshow
Instructional Design Framework(s): Cooperative Learning
Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Algebra

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