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Tide-Pool Species: Beyond the Average

Analyze tide-pool species counts using histograms and data tables. Compare distributions by center, spread, and overall shape.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.SP.A.2

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students describe the center, spread, and overall shape of species-count distributions.
Students compare distributions with the same center but different spreads.
Students explain why an unusually large value may not represent a typical observation.

How to use

Use after introducing distributions, median, and range. Have students refer to the displays as evidence, then discuss why a center alone cannot describe a data set.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.SP.A.2

Understand that a set of data has a distribution that can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.

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Tide-Pool Species: Beyond the Average

Describe species-count distributions using center, spread, and shape.

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Students count the number of different species in each tide pool, not the number of individual animals. In each histogram, include the left endpoint of an interval but not the right endpoint.