Grade: 6th
Objective: Students will be able to evaluate the Mean, Median, Mode, Range.
Task: Students are to find the Mean, Median, Mode, and Range in various real-world situations
Materials: Students were given a worksheet to write answers as well show their work. Students also required a laptop with which to work on. to find real-world applications I utilized this website https://www.statology.org/mean-median-mode-real-life-examples/
Time: Students had 40 minutes to complete the task.
Setting: Students are in a marketing firm, gathering data and information for Human Resources.
Setup: Minecraft was inset in “immutable world,” “adventure mode,” cheats turned off, worldbuilder on, a single command block with the code /clear @a to repeatedly clear inventory. Students spawned in the bus. When everyone had spawned in, I opened the door.
Each level Represents and different question. Four of the five levels were used in the building. So there were 4 Questions.
6th Central Tendencies MC worksheet
On the first level, two food stands were set up to find the Range of prices.
On levels 2,3 and 4, students asked employees on each level to gather various information.
Result: about three-quarters of the students finished. Those that on task finished most of the work. Grading was done based on what was completed. Students really enjoyed the lesson. The content is related directly to the standards.