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The Actuarial Foundation: Are You Game? [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Games are designed to help students understand and apply concepts of probability. determine fairness.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Heads Up!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students study some important concepts of probability. They use coin tossing experiments to determine the probability of a tossed coin coming up heads. They examine both short and long term experimental probabilities...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Probability Models

For Students 7th Standards
Practice problems with probability models.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Crazy Choices Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compare theoretical and experimental probabilities, using dice, cards, spinners, or coin tosses. Three different probabilities can be compared at once.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Random Drawing Tool

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students are able to to visualize the difference between theoretical and experimental probabilities with this computer based tool.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cereal Box Problem

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A cereal company is offering six different prizes in their boxes. How many boxes would you expect to have to purchase in order to collect all six prizes? Known as the Cereal Box Problem, this question is explored here. A solution is...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Stock Exchange Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this game, two players compete in a stock exchange, working with the concepts of theorertical and experimental probabilities and expected value. They must enter the probability and payoff of winning a single game, then observe the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cannibal Critters and Cannibal Critters Cont.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore probability and statistics using predictions and histograms. Theoretical and experimental probability will also be examined.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes the Language of Chance

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Questions are randomly created to quiz learners on the language of chance. Hints and solutions are included.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Law of Large Numbers: Equal Opportunities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students can use the Probability Simulation application to roll a fair die and explore the Law of Large Numbers. They will conduct probability experiments that involve tossing a fair die, graph the results, compare the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Is What Should Happen What Will Happen?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will investigate the differences between theoretical and experimental probability.
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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.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hello Dolly

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will draw a model of a Punnett Square on the calculator and discover all possible combinations of Genotypes. They explore theoretical and experimental probabilities. They also collect data through experimental probability and...