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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 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 / HyperLinkExplorations with Chance
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this lesson, from Illuminations, students analyze the fairness of certain games by examining the probabilities of the outcome...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBoxing Up
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this lesson, from Illuminations, students explore the relationship between theoretical and experimental probabilities. They u...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 / 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 / HyperLinkFire
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, ProbabilityIn this student interactive, from Illuminations, students can see the results of a fire if a forest is densely planted in a rect...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 / HyperLinkHeating Up
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, ProbabilityIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students discover the havoc that wildfire can cause. After learning...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentWildfire Simulation
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions, Earth & Space Science, Science, 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 / 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 / HyperLinkNew Kids in The Hall
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Mathematics, Calculus, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, American DemocracyStudents assess the role of statistics in determining those athletes chosen to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Stude...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Problem of Points
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, 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 / HyperLinkFrom Probability to Combinatorics and Number Theory
Grades: 8Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, ProbabilityThis lesson, from the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., is devoted to data structures and their applications to probability the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroduction to the Concept of Probability
Grades: 8Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Number Sense, ProbabilityThis lesson, from the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., introduces the concept of probability and the basic set operations that...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIdeas That Lead to Probability
Grades: 8Subjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, ProbabilityThis lesson, from the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., introduces ideas that are the basis of probability theory. By using eve...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 / HyperLinkBoy or Girl
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Calculus, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, ProbabilityThis classic mathematical logic problem has stumped many over the years. This problem asks, In a two-child family, one child i...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