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STEMbite: Probability Challenge Instructional VideoSTEMbite: Probability Challenge Instructional Video
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6th - 10th
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2013
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STEMbite: Probability Challenge

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Your statisticians will rise to the probability challenge while watching this video. A toy elephant is placed into one of 24 drawers. What is the probability of correctly guessing which one? As more drawers are opened, does the probability of our guessing correctly increase? Have your class work together to calculate the probabilities. This is a puzzle to be solved!

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probability

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probability, math

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