1. 3M’s &
Frequency
Charts
A unit on Mean, Median,
Mode & Frequency
Distribution Charts

2. Analyze the learner
A fifth grade class
 10-11 year olds
 20 students
-13 girls
-7 boys
-2 African American
-3 Hispanic

3. Objectives
 To collect and analyze data using
mean, median and mode to determine the
best statistical measure.
 To recognize frequency charts and determine
the mean, median, and mode of its data
 To create frequency distribution chart(s) and
determine the mean, median, and mode
from data
 To complete all tasks with 90% accuracy by
the end of week

4. Day by Day
 Monday- Introduce the definitions of a
set of data, mean, median, & mode and
play the 3M’s song for the class.
 Tuesday- Demonstrate problems on Smart
Board, have kids come up and do them.
Students will get a worksheet for practice.
 Wednesday- Have students create 3 sets
of data and apply mean, median, and
mode to them.

5. Day by Day cont.
 Thursday- Introduce frequency
distribution charts and apply
mean, median, and mode to its
data.
 Friday-Students will create 2
frequency distribution charts
and apply mean, median, and
mode to its data.

6. Materials
 Smart Board
 SchoolTube
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyd
zT_WiRz4 )
 Calculator
 Worksheet

7. Works Cited
 http://wveis.k12.wv.us/Teach21/public/cs
o/popup.cfm?t1=2&t2=105