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Resource Type: DocumentWildfire Simulation
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Science, Earth & Space Science, Algebra & Functions, ProbabilityThis reproducible activity, from an Illuminations lesson, guides students through the process of simulating a forest fire to see...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUncertainty
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this Science NetLinks lesson, students analyze collections of both their own data and that of others. They create data distri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Problem of Points
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Calculus, ProbabilityAn age-old gambling problem led to the development of probability theory by French mathematicians Pascal and Fermat in the seven...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Monty Hall Problem
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, ProbabilityThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem revolves around the game show Let s Make ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Letters of the Alphabet
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, ProbabilityThis lesson from Columbia Education Center, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, has students determine the frequency of le...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Game of SKUNK
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this lesson, from Illuminations, students practice decision-making skills while playing a dice game called "Skunk." This allo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Birthday Problem
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, ProbabilityThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem asks, What if somebody offered to bet th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSticks and Stones
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this Illuminations lesson, students play "Sticks and Stones," a game based on the Apache game "Throw Sticks," which was playe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStick or Switch?
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, ProbabilityThis lesson, from Illuminations, presents a version of a classic game-show scenario. You pick one of three doors in hopes of win...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStick or Switch
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, ProbabilityThis online activity from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, reviewed for grades 9-12 by Illuminations, is an electr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSampling & Probability
Grades: 6Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, ProbabilitySampling & Probability: Discovery & Practice - Video on Demand lesson from Annenberg Media on sampling and probability that enga...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProbability Tutorial and Counting Cards Game
Grades: 6Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityProbability Tutorial and Counting Cards Game - BBC Education web site. Students learn about using the probability scale, and wor...Contributor: CTAP Region 4Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProbability by Surprise
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, ProbabilityThis resource, from Susan P. Holmes at Stanford University, features a collection of applets demonstrating probability. For exam...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrime Mathematics Enrichment
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geometry, Algebra & Functions, Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability and 4 additional..This NRICH resource, reviewed for grades 6-8 by Illuminations, features an extensive collection of math activities. Topics cover...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPrime Mathematics Enrichment
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Geometry, Algebra & Functions, Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability and 4 additional..This NRICH resource, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, features an extensive collection of math activities. Topics cover...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPizza-Topping Combinations
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: MathematicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students focus on gathering and interpreting data about pizza. They...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPigeonholes
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Addition & Subtraction, MathematicsIn this Figure This! activity, students are asked to determine how many people would have to be in a school before it was guaran...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPigeonholes
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Addition & Subtraction, MathematicsIn this Figure This! activity, reviewed for grades 3-5 by Illuminations, students are asked to determine how many people would h...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPets with Strange Tastes and Triomino Challenge
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, ProbabilityThis resource, from the Math Forum, features two math activities. The first is a logic puzzle that incorporates probability, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNumber Bracelet Game
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, Measurement & Geometry, Addition & SubtractionIn this activity, from the Math Forum, students make number bracelets. Students choose two numbered beads and find the sum of th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0