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The Game of SKUNK

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Do I stand or do I sit? The class plays a dice game where they must decide to either continue to stand and play or sit down and keep their points. After the game, groups discuss individuals' strategies and see connections to the...
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Most and Least Likely

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Explore probability with beginners using these multiple-choice visuals. They determine what they are most likely to choose from a bag by examining the contents. Each bag has three types of similar objects with one more prevalent than the...
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Mathematics of Fair Games

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars examine mathematicians' notion of fairness in games of chance. They work in pairs to perform three different experiments using macaroni and paper bags. They record their results on charts and compare their data.
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Concept: What's The Chance?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this concept worksheet, learners perform probability experiments.  Using collected information, they interpret the data.  Students answer questions about probability.  This five-page worksheet contains approximately 15 multi-step...
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Probability: Likelihood and Chance

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
A presentation demonstrates the basics of probability. Learners consider a variety of scenarios with dice, as well as picking certain-colored balls out of a bag in order to become familiar with this concept. The PowerPoint is brief, but...
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Probability

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore probability. In this probability lesson, 7th graders investigate modern day uses of probability. Students demonstrate probability through an experiment using dice.
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Virginia Lotto South: Probability

For Students 9th - 12th
In this lottery worksheet, high schoolers solve 1 word problem. Students determine the probability of winning the lottery given various chances of drawing certain numbers.
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Probability and Fairness

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars discover how to use the probability of winning to determine if a game is fair or not.  In this probability instructional activity, students watch a video and analyze the probability of winning and losing different versions...
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Chapter 4, 8, 9, Review. Math 210 - Chance

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this chance worksheet, students determine the chance of an event happening. This two-page worksheet contains approximately seven multi-step word problems.
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Chance

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math learning exercise, students explore probability and the chance that an event will occur. Students read 10 word problems and decide on an appropriate answer based on probability. Example: "My brother complains that is always...
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If .... Then Probably

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to the concepts of probability and chance. Using data given to them, they organize and create a chart to display the information. Using this chart, they calculate the percentage of chance and probability and...
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Probability

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a lesson that is concerned with the mastery of math concepts related to probability. They play a math game that is an adaptation from Rock, Paper, and Scissors.
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What's the Chance?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars conduct probability experiments with dice and coins. They watch a video for a variety of situations where calculating the probability is complicated by total number of possibilities. They solve problems presented in the...
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Probability Kisses

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the concept of probability by picking from a bag of multicolored Hershey kisses. They determine if they are less, more, or equally likely to pick a certain color based on the numbers of each colored Hershey kiss.
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What are the Chances: A Game of Chance!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with dice, playing cards, pennies and computer-generated simulations to calculate probability. They use compiled data to make predictions.
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Take a Chance

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore possible outcomes and impossible events. They determine if an event is likely or unlikely. Students investigate the possible outcomes of events and they record the outcomes. Students discuss their answers and use...
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Rolling Dice

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the mathematical concept of probability. They determine the given mean of a data set found when rolling dice. The results of the experiment are displayed using a bar graph. The teacher does an example before...
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Escape The Hangman

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the concept of probability. They use the game of hangman to create engagement and context for conducting the lesson. They create a spreadsheet with data that is given. Students make predictions based on data.
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Finding the Probability

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the concept of probability. They use a clear objective that is a visual cue for what is required for the lesson. They apply the basic practices of probability to real life like situations.
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The Colored Cube Question

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine how to determine the probabilities or likelihood of outcomes. They complete trials to determine probability while using different manipulatives. They determine how games can be made fair or unfair in this unit of...
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Chances Are: Talking Probability

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore probability and the process of data analysis and predictions. They participate in two activities, one involving a calculator and one the Internet, in which they make predictions and conduct activities to test...
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Probability of a Boy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the concept of even change by participating in a coin flip activity. They research using the Internet to investigate the chance of giving birth to a boy.
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You May Already Be a Winner!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders flip coins and tally the outcomes. They play the You May Already Be a Winner! game with cards under their chairs. Some cards are winners, some might be and the others are not. They play to explain the probability concept.