Frog Olympics

Abstract

Groups of three students make a small, medium, and large frog, using Cricut Design Space to size correctly and personalize their frogs. Once the frogs are folded, they are entered into five Olympic events: Long jump, same-side flipper, backwards flipper, high jump, and fastest faller. Students keep track of their measurements. During each event, the student can make three attempts and keep the best measurement. After each team member has completed all the events, students will calculate the mean, median, and mode for the three frogs for each event. As a class, they will put all the data on the board and decide if the mean, median, or mode best represent the data fairly to decide which team will get first place.