This is a beginning lesson on the concept of probability. Through a series of informal comparisons, the student will explore the chances of various outcomes of an event. The student will use vocabulary associated with probability.This...

Try this probability challenge from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. See if you can figure out the probability of putting three checks in the correct envelopes without looking. Also, discover how probability skills are used...

Did you know that letter guessing on Wheel of Fortune is based on probability? In this challenge taken from one of TV's most popular game shows, discover what consonant or vowel should be guessed next based on letters already given. A...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson explores a little probability in the world of the card game Blackjack. While gambling is not mentioned or used in the lesson, students do find the probability of attaining a...

A dice-table activity introduces students to probability and to converting probability to a simple fraction, a decimal, and a percentage.

Focus on the "language" of probability by listing events from your life that are certain, impossible, likely and unlikely to happen. Determine the likelihood of an event occurring using a probability scale, based on a data set, and by...

This lesson focuses on randomness; it explains that what we often think of as random is only random because we do not have the tools to make better predictions. However, true randomness does exists -- at the very foundations of matter. A...

The students will be learning about probability language and how it pertains to their lives.

This is a great math game for middle schoolers to gain an understanding of experimental probability.

In Maybe, Maybe Not students will explore and investigate components of probability. This lesson will enable students to develop understanding of a likelihood line and apply events to the line. This lesson plan was created by exemplary...

Students explore the likelihood of events using circle graphs and percentages in this interactive web lesson.

Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos.

Students will play learning games to explore probability, outcomes, and chance.

This interactive exercise focuses on determining probabilities associated with repeated coin tosses and building tree diagrams to take math out of the classroom and into the real world.

Students also explore probability and patterns in place value by using two spinners and analyze and record the results.

The lesson will explore counting, sorting, and graphing skills. The lesson provides students an exciting and fun way of exploring and internalizing graphing, sorting, and counting skills. Realistically, the students will discover what...

Roll two dice 10 times. After each roll, note whether any sixes were observed and record your results in the table below. Aligns with 7.SP.C.7.

Students engage in opportunities to label events that are likely, unlikely, certain and impossible. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.

Who's the REAL meat eater here? Let's do some math and find out!

Simulate a game where "N" players roll two dice, and the lucky player has an advantage for reaching the finish.

Simulate a game where two players each roll a die, and the lucky player moves one step to the finish.

This interactive exercise focuses on determining probabilities associated with repeated coin tosses and building tree diagrams to take math out of the classroom and into the real world.

Help Louis during the Carnival with graphs and chances.

Nadir and his family play in a band. Can you help him get all the instruments together? In these activities, students will write data using symbols, use one object to represent one item, create a column graph, and determine whether...