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"This was a great way to show mean as a leveling out of data. That is one of our state standards so I also go to this resource!
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Crystal P.
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This Google Slides Activity includes 25 unique slides that help students to find the mean of a set of data using visuals first (stacks of blocks of varying heights), then eventually proving their answer by performing the actual calculations.
The slides become moderately more difficult as students progress through the activity, ending with several decimal problems where the cubes they're working with are split into fourths and the calculated mean is a decimal.
The slides are easy to duplicate or remove to make the activity more/less challenging. The more difficult slides can be removed to easily modify a student's activity, or a teacher could consider some slides "extra credit" or challenge problems to modify for GATE students.
I have used this activity in my 6th grade classroom and all abilities of students enjoyed the challenge. There is no prep required other than saving the activity to your Google Drive and assigning it via Google Classroom or providing your students with a link to the activity.
The slides become moderately more difficult as students progress through the activity, ending with several decimal problems where the cubes they're working with are split into fourths and the calculated mean is a decimal.
The slides are easy to duplicate or remove to make the activity more/less challenging. The more difficult slides can be removed to easily modify a student's activity, or a teacher could consider some slides "extra credit" or challenge problems to modify for GATE students.
I have used this activity in my 6th grade classroom and all abilities of students enjoyed the challenge. There is no prep required other than saving the activity to your Google Drive and assigning it via Google Classroom or providing your students with a link to the activity.
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Level Out the Stacks - Finding Mean Using Visuals - Google Slides Activity
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$3.00
Highlights
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Grades
5th - 7th
Subjects
Standards
CCSS6.SP.B.5c
Pages
25 Slides
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 hour
What others say
"This was a great way to show mean as a leveling out of data. That is one of our state standards so I also go to this resource!
"
Crystal P.
Description
This Google Slides Activity includes 25 unique slides that help students to find the mean of a set of data using visuals first (stacks of blocks of varying heights), then eventually proving their answer by performing the actual calculations.
The slides become moderately more difficult as students progress through the activity, ending with several decimal problems where the cubes they're working with are split into fourths and the calculated mean is a decimal.
The slides are easy to duplicate or remove to make the activity more/less challenging. The more difficult slides can be removed to easily modify a student's activity, or a teacher could consider some slides "extra credit" or challenge problems to modify for GATE students.
I have used this activity in my 6th grade classroom and all abilities of students enjoyed the challenge. There is no prep required other than saving the activity to your Google Drive and assigning it via Google Classroom or providing your students with a link to the activity.
The slides become moderately more difficult as students progress through the activity, ending with several decimal problems where the cubes they're working with are split into fourths and the calculated mean is a decimal.
The slides are easy to duplicate or remove to make the activity more/less challenging. The more difficult slides can be removed to easily modify a student's activity, or a teacher could consider some slides "extra credit" or challenge problems to modify for GATE students.
I have used this activity in my 6th grade classroom and all abilities of students enjoyed the challenge. There is no prep required other than saving the activity to your Google Drive and assigning it via Google Classroom or providing your students with a link to the activity.
Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.
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Super great to use
This was a great way to show mean as a leveling out of data. That is one of our state standards so I also go to this resource!
My students loved this resource. It was easy for them to understand and use. It is a great resource.
Perfect
My students enjoyed this resource and were engaged. This resource goes perfect with my lesson.
"This relaxes my brain."
"This is like Tetris. It's fun."
"I feel like I'm playing a game instead of doing math."
When my sixth graders are making comments like this while gaining an understanding of mean, I call it a WIN. This activity was the perfect follow up to the our lesson from the Engage NY curriculum. It paired very nicely and my students LOVED it and were engaged the entire time. They would normally moan and and groan over 25 slides, but they were asking for more with this activity.
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Standards
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CCSS6.SP.B.5c
Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered.
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