Galaxy Collector
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LENGTH
16 Minutes
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Description
Control your spaceship and collect asteroids smaller than your ship, while avoiding bigger ones. Upgrade your spaceship so you can collect all kinds of asteroids!
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Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Understanding Boxplots, Comparing Data Sets in Boxplots. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.
Main Concepts
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
How can you determine the IQR when there are is an odd amount of data? How can you determine the median when there is an even amount of data? In the next game, you will evaluate data in order to level up a spaceship that collects materials from asteroids - what does "range" mean when discussing data? Using the example of 23, 26, and 28 as data points, what is the range? What is a median? What is the median using the above numbers?
After the Game
Using the data set, (13, 17, 25, 34, 39, 40, 60 63, 76, 82, 90), what are the minimum, maximum, and range? What is the median of the above data set? What is the lower quartile, upper quartile, and interquartile range (IQR) of the above number set? Draw a boxplot using this data. What is the first step you need to complete when organizing numbers in a box plot?