Western Kentucky University
Understanding Genetics: Punnett Squares
Can scientists really predict genetic outcomes or are they simply making a lucky guess? Scholars first learn about Gregor Mendel and how to make Punnett squares. Then they extract DNA from a strawberry in a lab with included conclusion...
Curriculum Corner
7th Grade Math Common Core Checklist
With so many math standards to fit into a school year, it can be difficult keeping track of what you have and have not covered. This collection of Common Core checklists allows you to maintain a running record of when each...
Actis
Handling Data: Probability, Tree Diagrams
Clean, but captivating, two online simulations demonstrate probability for middle schoolers. They can choose the number of coins and tosses and watch as the results pile up. They can choose from a variety of spinner types and the number...
NY Learns
Investigation - What's in the Bag?
If you have or can create a set of tiles, numbered one through eight, then you can implement this hands-on activity about probability models. Individuals draw a tile from a bag, record its number, and then return it to the bag. They...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Analyzing Games
Questions are randomly created to quiz students on probabilities associated with games. Hints and solutions are included.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes the Language of Chance
Questions are randomly created to quiz learners on the language of chance. Hints and solutions are included.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Probabilities of Compound Events
Practice solving questions about the probabilities of compound events. Includes hints.
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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Adjustable Spinner
Use this tool to create a spinner to examine experimental and theoretical outcomes.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Odds
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students learn to compute odds for and against an event.