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Data and Probability- What's the Chance?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate probability through a game. In this data lesson, students use dice and predictions to explore how probability works.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Tree Diagrams and Probability

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Aspiring statisticians create tree diagrams and figure probabilities of events based on those diagrams. They practice adding and multiplying fractions and explain complementary probabilities. Students use computers activities to make...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers to Solve Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of probability.  In this probability instructional activity, students use area to determine probability.  Students use charts and spinners to help determine the probability of events such as...
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Curated OER

Is the Probability Probable?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders compare experimental results with mathematical expectations of probabilities. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice with the concept of probability.
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Exploring Probability

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders work in small groups of five or six to conduct a series of investigations. While recording the results using pencils on individual tally worksheets rotating to different stations and comparing results with the other...
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Curated OER

Modeling Forest Fires Using Probability

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore forestry. They discuss creating fire breaks to control forest fires. Students create models to determine the best way to manage forest fires. They discuss current techniques of forest management.
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Curated OER

What Are The Odds?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read the book, Jim Ugly, and discuss whether the odds were in favor of or against the character Jake finding his dad. They demonstrate an experiment involving odds by keeping a tally of how many times a colored die is pulled out...
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Curated OER

Lara's Equiprobable Dice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students try some new exercises involving probability. These are, first of all, that the probability of getting a given total when two dice are rolled is equal to the number of possible ways of getting that total, divided by 36 (the...
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Curated OER

Richard's Dice

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils problem solve logic problems. They complete a worksheet using dice as a manipulative. They decide on a problem solving strategy, solve the problem, and write up the solution.
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Curated OER

Matching Pairs

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils examine the probability of the various findings in a game and determine the odds of winning. They differentiate between the facts of odds versus probability. Students use higher order thinking skills to explain how a problem is...
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Curated OER

Roll-O Bingo

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students use probability as a game strategy.
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Curated OER

Unexpected Answers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore and complete a variety of activities demonstration probability. They make observations about the results of the activities. Students complete and discuss conditional probability. Also, middle schoolers draw...
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Curated OER

Coin Tossing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the use of probability and compare it to actual real world results. In groups, they flip a coin a specific number of times while their other group members roll a set of dice the same amount of times as the coin. To...
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Curated OER

"The Giver" by Lois Lowry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students predict results, design a model, and carry out trials to determine probability based on their experimentation.
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Curated OER

Rolling For Value

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a lesson to comprehend the concept of probability while rolling dice. They recognize patterns while making observations and recording the data for each roll. Students also review place values while playing a game...
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PBS

Remove One

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
With a set of 15 chips and a number line, learners predict what sums may occur with the rolling of two dice. When their sum comes up, they remove one of the chips from their number line with the objective of being the first to remove...
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Curated OER

Lotto or Life: What Are the Chances?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Though the website does not seem to have the mentioned video, a reding and lottery style games simulate the chances of finding intelligent life somewhere other than Earth. Without the video, this lesson plan is short, but it can be a...
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EngageNY

Games of Chance and Expected Value 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
There's a strong chance that class members enjoy learning math through engaging games. Scholars analyze games of chance to determine long-term behavior. They learn to calculate expected value to help with this assessment.
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EngageNY

Expected Value of a Discrete Random Variable

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Discover how to calculate the expected value of a random variable. In the seventh installment of a 21-part module, young mathematicians develop the formula for expected value. They connect this concept the dot product of vectors.
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Acting Like a Hog

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore game theory.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students plat the game of HOG using dice and explore the optimal strategies.  Students play the game three ways:  any number of dice, a fixed number of...
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Curated OER

What's the Matter? Locating Electrons in an Atom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students roll dice in order to simulate the probability of locating an electron in a certain region around the nucleus.
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Curated OER

Roll `Em!

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in using base ten blocks and dice for a fun engaging math lesson plan. They use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson plan as the game board to help them play this math game.
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Curated OER

Probability Plus

For Teachers K - 4th
Students participate in a variety of activities to understand statistics. They collect and interpret data. Also students distinguish the difference between a population and a sample. They make inferences and create arguments using data.
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Curated OER

Creating a Bar Graph Using a Spreadsheet: Dice Rolling Probabilities

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the concept of spreadsheets. They create a simple spreadsheet and chart from given data. Students perform basic formatting procedures on their chart. They use spreadsheet functions to perform calculations.

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