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Students Using Personalized Classroom Data Harleigh January 24
Examining Students’ Birthdates Haley August 15
Description: Dana July 28
Students create a personalized data set using the
birthdates of their classmates. Using the calendar Sam March 14
number of the day they were born, students will Noah October 22
form a number line from least to greatest creating Preston June 9
a human number line. After writing the number of
the calendar day of their birth (1 - 31) on a James July 17
notecard, students will organize themselves in the Nathan October 1
form of a number line from least to greatest. If Hannah May 14
there are repeating numbers, students will need to
stand in front of each other just like if there were Madison December 22
multiple points on a graph. Teachers could make Cason October 14
this challenging by having students move to order Hayden February 15
themselves without talking to each other. This
activity invites student collaboration through Baxley April 22
interaction with classmates. With or without Jose August 12
talking, the entire class is communicating and
collaborating to accomplish the task. Bryant September 19
Kingston November 28
Variation: Jordyn November 3
Survey other classes for birthday data or research
data of specific individuals. Ann August 26
Colton September 14
Materials: Eli March 21
Spreadsheet (optional), note card for students to Emily June 8
write their birthdate on (optional).

Activity Instructions: Students Generating Data Using Number
Use the information from the birthday data set Cubes
(collected from your class or in the sample set
below) to find the mean, median, and mode of the Summing Up Number Cubes: A Dice Activity
numerical birthdates for the class. Create an with Randomized Data
Instagram quote to describe the class based on Description:
the statistics. Challenge: Create a line plot Students roll a pair of number cubes to create and
representation of the data set. analyze data sets to find measure of center -
mean, median and mode – and measures of
variation – range, lower extreme, upper extreme,
and quartiles. This activity incorporates hands-on
exploration using manipulatives, active student
learning and encourages student interaction and

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