Take a chance with an activity sure to improve your class's skills. An introductory lesson plan focuses on probability and chance. It shows how probability is always a value between zero and one, i.e., the probability of an event is always somewhere between impossible and certain. This is the first of six installments in a Statistics and Probability unit.

Concepts

probability, theoretical probability, chance

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Have the class brainstorm different examples of probability in real-life situations
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should be able to convert between fractions, decimals, and percents
  
• Note that the lesson was developed in Ireland and references the junior certificate and leaving certificate
  

Pros

• Provides worksheets for each part of the lesson
• Lists expected responses for teacher questions
  

Cons

• No hands-on activities to engage students
  

Common Core

7.SP.C.5