Mean, Median, Mode & Range Practice - Scavenger Hunt - Grades 6-7

Mean, Median, Mode & Range Practice – Scavenger Hunt – Grades 6-7

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Could your kids use a fun review of mean, median, mode and range? This class activity is FUN and gets kids up and moving! Use this as extra practice with kids in 6th grade who are still working to master measures of center such as mean, median and mode, or as a review for kids in 7th grade who are struggling and need extra practice.
 
Because each problem asks for a different measure of center, your students will work to remember the difference between them in a fun way.

How the Scavenger Hunt Works:

The scavenger hunt includes 12 problems for kids to solve for the different data measures: mean, median, mode and range. To set it up, post all 12 problems in various locations around your room. Give each student a recording sheet and then you’re ready to get started!
 
To begin, kids can start with ANY of the problems. They solve it on their recording sheet and then have to FIND the solution somewhere around the classroom.
 
When they find the answer to the problem, they solve the NEXT problem in the scavenger hunt.
 
Eventually, they will end up back where they started and they’ll know they have completed the hunt correctly.

Tips for Using This in the Classroom:

  • Give kids a clipboard to make it easier to record their work and answers as they move about the room
  • Let kids work with partners as they make their way through the scavenger hunt
  • If you have a large class, assign kids a starting problem so they’re not all bunched together at the same location
  • Collect the recording sheets as an informal assessment of how your students are doing
  • Use this as an end-of-unit review, end-of-the-year review or as a substitute activity (be sure to do this with your students prior to leaving it with a sub so students know how it works)

Additional Skills Practice:

This download also includes 2 additional practice worksheets/investigations to provide students with additional, independent practice with mean, median, mode and range.
 
The goal of these pages is to help students recognize the differences between measures of center and when one might be more useful than another.
 
It also includes a page of real world examples so students can solve for mean, median, mode and range with a real, meaningful context. This will help them to think about what these measurements mean and when/if they are useful for a particular situation.
 
Once students are confident with the difference between each data measure, these investigations are a great way to help them understand the purpose of analyzing data this way and how it can help understand data in the real world.
 
You may even want to let students use a calculator for the investigations so they can focus on the meaning rather than getting bogged down in computation.

Included in the Download:

  • Setup and Teaching Tips
  • 12 Scavenger Hunt Problem Cards (half pages)
  • Scavenger Hunt Recording Page
  • Mean, Median & Mode Showdown Practice & Exploration
  • Mean, Median, Mode & Range: Real World Examples Worksheet
  • Answer Keys for the Scavenger Hunt and Worksheets
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Please Note: This product is a downloadable pdf file. No physical product will be shipped to you. In addition, this resource is for personal use in the home or classroom only. You may not share, distribute, alter or post this resource online in any way. Thank you for your honesty!

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