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- 7th - Higher Ed
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Students explain and appreciate the use of statistics in everyday life. They define basic terms used in statistics and compute simple measures of central tendency. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students use cups of bright candies to model population decay, and growth. They complete a worksheet and participate in a discussion relating their findings. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize the use of experimental and theoretical probability. They use area models as a way of comprehending the probability. Pupils talk about the differences between experimental and theoretical probability. Students use mathematical reasoning to find the theoretical probability of some events. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students practice skills involving statistics and probability by making predictions on number of each color candy in one pound bag of M&Ms. They record both guesses and actual quantities, calculate percentages, and create bar graphs to represent their data. Students then determine weight and diameter of single candy, and calculate probability of assigned situations. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students use candy bars, beef jerky, and brownies to represent different fractions. Students also use colored multi-link cubes or blocks to illustrate the same representations of fractions. Students work with a partned to create diagrams and complete the included worksheets on fractions. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students sort, count, and identify M&M's by color. They record their data on a chart and they use the data to create various types of graphs. They create a pictograph, bar graph, and a pie graph. Students analyze and interpret data. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students investigate the concepts related to probability. They practice finding the mean, median, mode, and range. Students are given the task of finding the calculations for the candies arranged in a box of candy. Then they make inferences of future outcomes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students engage in a lesson that reviews the concept of probability and how it is used in finding candy during a game. They apply critical thinking skills about solving different word problems and making predictions of future outcomes. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts related to probability. They review the key properties of statistics involved in the measurement of probability that includes mean, median, and mode. The lesson includes information for the teacher to use. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students observe a dice, talk about how many sides it has and use that number as the number that would go in the denominator's spot on a fraction. They then discuss what the likelihood is of it landing on 4, and put that number in the numerator's spot. Full Review »

