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Logic & Puzzles · Grade 6

Analyze Data and Uncertainty

Learners make sense of data honestly. They calculate the mean, median and range and see how an outlier pulls on them, use a marble-sampling simulation to see why random samples vary and why larger samples tend to land closer to the truth, learn why two things rising together does not prove one causes the other, and write conclusions with honest confidence language. An optional lesson for older learners explains why the size of a sample matters more than the size of the population.

  • 5 lessons
  • About 125 minutes
  • Data and uncertainty check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, type a number, sort into groups, arrange tiles, true or false and write a short answer
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What learners will discover

  • Calculate and interpret the mean, median and range of a data set, and explain how an outlier affects them.
  • Explain sampling variability: random samples give different results, and larger random samples tend to be closer to the true value.
  • Explain why correlation does not prove causation and identify possible third factors.
  • State conclusions from data with honest confidence language and clear limits.

Lessons

  1. Center, spread and outliers 6 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  2. Samples vary 6 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  3. Correlation is not causation 4 steps2 practiceabout 28 min
  4. Honest conclusions 5 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  5. Going further: sample size versus population size 4 steps1 practiceabout 20 min
  6. Data and uncertainty check 10 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Find OllyOlly is hiding! Spot him with clues about where things are.
  • Logic HotelCheck every guest into the right room using clues like "right above" and "between".
  • SwitchworksFlip switches to light the lamps in the target pattern — in as few presses as you can.

More 6th grade logic

Guide for grown-ups