Box and Whiskers Plot Activity with Real World Data Comparisons
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Help students understand how and why to use box & whiskers plots with this real world application using data about temperatures in different cities.
Students use data about the highest average temperature for each month in a city. They locate it on a world map and then create a vertical box plot using the vertical number line provided. Once students create their individual cities’ box plots, all the data can be displayed on a wall for comparison. This leads to some great discussions about the shape and spread of data.
Here’s what is included:
- Activity Guide
- Data for 30 different cities (12 temperatures each)
- Student sheets for creating a box & whisker plot (These print 2 per page.)
- Discussion question suggestions & extension ideas
- A key showing the minimum, 1st quartile, median, 3rd quartile, and maximum for the 30 given cities (to save you time checking work!)
This is a great way to incorporate geography with math.
Vertical box plots are utilized because they are often used in real data displays. The vertical arrangement also makes sense visually for temperature comparisons.
Students may wonder why they would ever need to create a box plot or what they are used for. This lesson shows them how useful the visual of a box & whiskers plot can be!
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