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It's In The Bag

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Process

You will divide into groups of 3.  In your group you will determine which member will be responsible for which task:
2-Information Gatherer:  will read articles and report back to the note keeper.
1-Note Keeper: will listen to the information gathers and keep notes on the important information that has been gathered.
All members will be responsible for the content in the individual steps and for the final project. 

1.  Open your bag of Skittles and create a frequency table for the colors that are included in your bag.
        North Star Math  Frequency Tables
        Science Kids  Frequency Tables and Bar Graphs
        OnLineMathLearning  Frequency Tables
        Mathsteacher  Frequency Tables
2.  Record your results from your bag of skittles in the following
Google Doc.
3.  Make a Stem and Leaf Plot for each color.
        Math Playground  Video Stem and Leaf Plot
        Stat Trek  Stem and Leaf Plot
  
4.  Find the Mean, Median, and Mode for each color.
        Mean, Median, and Mode Song
        Purple Math  Mean, Median, and Mode
        Khan Academy  Mean, Median, and Mode
5.  Make a Bar Graph for the Mean, Median, Mode for each color.
        Math Is Fun  Bar Graphs
        LabWrite Resources  Bar Graphs

6.  Calculate the Median, Upper Quartile, Lower Quartile, Upper Extreme, Lower Extreme, and Outliers.
        Jen's Box and Whisker Plot
        Basic Mathematics  Box and Whisker Plot
    
7.  Make a Box and Whisker Plot for each color.
        Basic Mathematics  Box and Whisker Plot
        Jen's Box and Whisker Plot
        Stat Trek  Box and Whisker Plot 
8.  Create a
brochure for the Association for Candy Color Equity (ACCE) showing your findings.
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