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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: The Game of Skunk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a great math game for students to gain an understanding of experimental probability.
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US Department of Education

Nces: Kids' Zone: Chances

For Students 9th - 10th
Dice game allows you to see how increasing or decreasing the number of dice rolls affects an outcome.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Probability and Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to give students an opportunity to connect probabilty and geometry. Students learn how to calculate probability, use geometry to solve probabilty problems, and, as an added bonus,...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Do You Measure Up?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game gives you a variety of measuring tools and measuring opportunity. For this game of chance you choose the correct tool for the job that needs to be measured. Everything you need for this game is listed and/or...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Squares Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from "Cyberchase", the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares. Uses popups, two minutes and 13 seconds.
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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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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Wizards: Chance

For Students 3rd - 4th
Find out more about chance while making magical potions.
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Your Odds of Winning Powerball: Probabilities of Compound Events Using Visuals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video, explore the odds of winning the Powerball lottery and learn what few people realize about their chances of winning: they are miniscule. In the accompanying classroom activity, students create simple lottery models to help...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Wizards: Chance

For Students 4th
Students explore possible outcomes with these interactive learning games.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Dinosaurs: Data and Chance

For Students 5th - 6th
Students can play learning games to explore how to label, read, and create graphs using a dinosaur theme.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Tricky Track Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The directions on this site are for an interesting, two-player dice game named Tricky Track. Grab a partner and play. Do your results surprise you?
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Wheel of Fortune's Frequent Letters

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hacker's Four Zergen Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Phantasia: Position, Chance, and Calculation

For Students 1st - 3rd
Students will play several learning games to explore the probability of events occuring.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Who Wins the Game?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A math challenge for the basketball enthusiast. This NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity focuses on the concept of probability. Test your problem solving aptitude as you try to figure out who will probably win the game.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Music, Dance Performance: Chance & Data

For Students K - 1st
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...
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Odds Probability Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Convert stated odds to a decimal value of probability and a percentage value of winning and losing. This calculator will convert "odds for winning" an event or "odds against winning" an event into percentage chances of both winning and...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is it fair or not fair? That is the question. Try this math challenge where you use your probability and number sense skills to determine whether or not a game is fair. Find out how mastering this challenge can be useful in real life...
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Los Juegos en Las Matematicas

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. This interactive unit brings games to the math classroom. The games will give you a chance to practice algebra and probability. These games could be adapted to different levels with small variation.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hey, That's Not Fair! (Or Is It?)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students can use the calculator to simulate the dice rolls to play two different games. They will decide if the games give each player an equally likely chance of winning. They also compute the probability of an event...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Card Games Handling Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a fun game using cards and challenging students to think of probabilities.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Dice and Card Math Games

For Students K - 1st
Kids love dice and playing with decks of cards. Leverage these two great (and inexpensive tools) to help students work on math facts, place value and more.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Pick a Card, Any Card

For Students 3rd - 5th
No matter what your favorite card game is, we all wish we could use psychic powers to draw the card we want on our turn. You may not have psychic powers, but you might have the power of probability on your side. Do this experiment and...
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Other

Utah St. Univ.: Coin Tossing Applet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting Applet that simulates the toss of a coin 100 times. A quick count of the results and an accompanying graph make this site useful for both teacher and student.