Mean, Median, Mode, In Addition To Make Spider Puzzles

The activity I'm most to portion isn't super fancy or complex, precisely my students absolutely loved it. I had planned 2 activities for our l infinitesimal course of educational activity menstruum inwards Algebra 1 on reviewing measures of key tendency: this activity too another. We did this activity first, too my students did non desire to motility on to the 2nd activity!

These Average too Range Spider Puzzles are a gratis download from alutwyche on TES. I was made aware of this awesome resources yesteryear Jo Morgan at Resourceaholic.

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I downloaded the PPT file from TES, exported it every bit a PDF, too thus printed it to "fit" on missive of the alphabet sized newspaper since the master file is intended to impress on A4 paper.

There are 4 dissimilar levels of spider puzzles. I placed copies of the offset degree within my dry erase pockets (affiliate link). These handy slap-up pockets brand whatsoever activity forthwith reusable. I notice that my students are much to a greater extent than willing to accept a conduct chances alongside a dry out erase marking inwards their mitt than a pen or pencil. You tin larn these dry erase pockets (affiliate link) super inexpensive on Amazon when you lot search for them every bit "shop ticket holders" (affiliate link).

I had my students function on this activity inwards pairs.

As they finished the puzzle, the students would convey the puzzle upwards to my desk. I used the answer key provided inwards the TES download to banking concern check their work. If at that spot were mistakes, I would circle the problems that needed to last looked at again. If at that spot were no mistakes, I would switch out the puzzle inwards their dry out erase bag alongside the adjacent level.

I used my here.

As students progressed through the levels, the puzzles started hollo for for them to supply 2 numbers instead of 1 number. My students REALLY struggled alongside this concept.

None of my students made it through all 4 levels inwards the twenty-five or thus minutes that nosotros spent on this activity.

As I mentioned before, my students DID NOT desire to halt this activity to motility on to the adjacent activity! And, it wasn't because they constitute it super easy, either. Most pairs breezed through the offset degree too struggled alongside the subsequent levels.

I was proud to run into or thus of my students referencing their notes! I've blogged most the notes I created for reviewing mean, median, mode, too arrive at here.

I expect frontwards to trying to a greater extent than spider puzzles alongside my students inwards the future!

Here are a few to a greater extent than activity shots of my students.