Unit Plan
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...
Activity
Hopelink

Hopelink: Teaching Percentages

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can brush up on percentage skills with this lesson and calculate percentages using the "Percent Tricks method." For students to successfully use this method, they must have the ability to multiply and divide whole numbers.