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Curated OER
Junior High School Lesson Plan
Students play a board game in order to review the details from a travel essay. In this board game lesson, students listen the a story about a trip, ask questions regarding it, and review the story by playing the board game on the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Dice: Lesson Plan
Read the die to find out what exercise to do and how many repetitions are needed, keep a running tally of rolls to see who gets the highest score.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: k.oa Dice Addition 2
For this task, students will roll dice and write and solve addition equations.
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races
Students play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Sum of All Dice
The Sum of All Dice is a great game for children to practice addition! Swipe the screen to roll 2 through 5 dice. After adding the total on the dice, click on the correct sum listed on the chalkboard! If the dice roll out of view, simply...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Rolling Dice
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Roll Me!
Students strengthen their 1-6 counting skills by rolling a die, counting the number of dots, counting out that number of objects, and recording their actions on a white board.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Roll a Problem (Part 2)
SWBAT identify a addition or subtraction sign and set up, record and solve an equation by rolling a set of dice.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Roll a Problem (Part 1)
SWBAT identify a addition or subtraction sign and set up, record and solve an equation by rolling a set of dice.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Coin Flips and Die Rolls
A set of questions on experimental and theoretical probabilities using coins and dice. Answers are accompanied by explanations.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Racing Game With Two Dice
Simulate a game where "N" players roll two dice, and the lucky player has an advantage for reaching the finish.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Roll to the Finish
Roll your way to the finish as you race against Snake Eyes the dice tossing robot! Roll to the Finish is a great game for children to practice their addition math facts.
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Number Line Roll [Pdf]
An activity to reinforce the concept of fractions. Materials needed: ruler and dice.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Bit of a Dicey Problem
Short website offers a look into the theoretical probability of tossing dice. Several questions related to the throwing of dice are included.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Revision Dice [Pdf]
Revision can be a difficult process for students. With a roll of the dice, students are reminded of the steps they can take to improve their writing. Includes templates for four types of dice that focus on ideas, organization, voice, and...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dice and Probability
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to explore the probability of rolling certain values using the dice tool. By the end of this lesson, the students will have gathered experimental data, made hypothesis about...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Roll These Dice
Sharpen your problem solving, sequencing, and spatial reasoning skills playing this interactive game, Roll The Dice. See how many different paths you can take to end up with the same result.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.8 Tetrahedral Dice
Many games use dice which are six-sided and fair (meaning each face on the die is equally likely to land face up). Many games also use the sum of two dice rolled at the same time to determine movement of game pieces. However, not all...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling
This activity allows students to review their knowledge of monatomic and polyatomic ions. After rolling the ion dice, the students will write the correct chemical formula and name for the compound "rolled".This lesson plan was created as...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Choices Game
Use this board game to introduce the concepts of energy use in our lives and the very real impact that personal choices can have on our energy consumption, energy bills and fuel supply. The game begins as students select cards that...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Roll the Dice
In this activity, students use the order of operations and number properties to create a unique expression from a set of numbers that must equal another number.
California State University
Cal State San Bernardino: Intro to Probability Models
The concept of random variables comes to life with this Applet used to roll one, two, six, or nine dice. The user selects the number of rolls to be completed, and the program quickly counts and graphs the results.
California State University
Cal State San Bernardino: Central Limit Theorem Applet
In this applet, rolling of dice is studied. The number that lands face "up" on the die is graphed as the die is rolled repeatedly. The user begins to see, with increased accuracy, the standard normal curve appearing as the graph.