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Summary
Upper grade elementary in students at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Delaware
examined sets of real sports data from various Internet sites
and found the mean, median, mode and range of the data. They
they created graphs and analyzed the data.
Objective(s)
- Students will find the mean, median, mode and range of sports
scores.
- Students will use the Internet, Microsoft Word and Microsoft
Excel to compile, organize and analyze their information.
National Standards
Check your own state and districts standards.
Technology and/or Materials Needed
- Computers with Internet access
- Calculators
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Printer (preferably color)
Implementation Time Frame
2 weeks
Activities
(Note: It would be a good idea to do a sample of this whole
lesson as a class first so students are comfortable with their
assigment.)
- Have students work in pairs to choose a set data from one
of the sports websites of their choice that they would like to
analyze. You may have students pick any type of data they would
like from sports or you may want to choose similar types of data
in sports to discuss differences and trends (e.g., points per
game, batting average of a players, comparing ages of athletes
from various sports or length of playing years, etc.)
Links for Integrated Sports Project
- Have students find the mean, median, mode and range of their
set of data.
- Have students create a table in Word that displays the data
as well as the mean, median, mode and range of their set of data.
Remind students to cite their Internet source and to include
the date they viewed the site.
- Have students create an appropriate type of graph on Microsoft
Excel.
- In their Word document, have students write several interpretations
such as "Based our graph, I know that..."
- For an extension, you may wish to have students interprete
each other's graphs.
Assessment
To create an assessment rubric, check out Rubistar and select "Multimedia
Project". (Rubistar is a site that enables you to make quick
and easy rubrics with pre-set criteria). You may want to add
the following criteria: use of the Internet, use of Microsoft
Work, use of Microsoft Excel, level of interpretions, and level
of success within cooperative grouping.
Resources and Links
- eSchoolHouse/ebackpack
is a way of organizing your class on-line for access for you
as a teacher, as well as for students and their parents. Teachers
can post homework and a class calendar. Students can access an
on-line calculator and dictionary.
- Check out Netfiles'
Net-igration for this month for links.
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