Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Matrix

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From Mathworld.com as site on Maxtricies. Includes formulas, definitions, and links to related articles.
Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Probability and Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page is a math home page that includes information on all topics of probability and statistics.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Ideas That Lead to Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan sets the ground work for an introduction to and then exploring the concepts that are the foundation for probability. Lots of resources are available for teachers and learners at this website.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Tree Diagrams and Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan helps students develop tree diagrams and figure probability of events based on diagrams. Lots of resources are available to support teachers and students at this website.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Conditional and Simultaneous Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan deals with conditional probability and the probability of simultaneous events. Problems included in this lesson tend to have solutions that are counterintuitive. This presents an opportunity to investigate more deeply...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Probability and Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a resource for many topics in probability and statistics. Click on the topic of your choice for an explanation. The sites you will be linked to are quite extensive. A degree of higher-level math is necessary for understanding...
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Coin Toss

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A simple coin-toss simulation through which students explore experimental probability. Accompanied by links to related activities, discussions, worksheets, and materials for instructors.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Dice Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A dice-table activity introduces students to probability and to converting probability to a simple fraction, a decimal, and a percentage.
Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Birthday Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Math demonstrates how the birthday problem - what are the odds that two people in a room have the same birthday - works. Several links are available for extended investigations of the problem.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Drexel University: Boy or Girl?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math explores the probability of the children in families being boys or girls. A look at the mathematics involved in each situation is included.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Marbles

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students learn about sampling with and without replacement by simulating marbles being drawn out of a bag. Settings can be altered to explore conditional probability.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Two Colors

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young scholars investigate conditional probability. This activity allows the user to simulate pulling red and green balls out of boxes. Teacher resources are included.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Happens if You Guess?

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore probability using the fundamental counting principle by watching this animated video. [5:28]
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Peter Donnelly Shows How Stats Fool Juries

For Students 9th - 10th
Peter Donnelly discusses probability theory and statistics in real-world scenarios in this video. [21:25]
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: All in the Family

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students the scientific reasoning behind the societal taboo of incest. Students complete a Punnett square to determine the chances of an offspring inheriting two recessive...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Data Analysis and Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity students explore the basics in data analysis and probability.