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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Ruling Out Chance (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Help your classes find the significance in this lesson! Learners analyze the probability of Diff values. They then determine if the difference is significant based on their probability of occurrence. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Ruling Out Chance (part 3)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Pupils analyze group data to identify significant differences. They use simulation to create their own random assignment data for comparison. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Ruling Out Chance (part 1)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
What are the chances? Teach your classes to answer this question using mathematics. The first part of a three-day lesson on determining significance differences in experimental data prompts learners to analyze the data by...
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Lesson Plan
Kentucky Adult Education

Probability Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Roll the dice with this multimedia math lesson on probability. After first viewing a series of three short videos explaining probability, independent events, and dependent events, young mathematicians complete a set...
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Lesson Plan
Oklahoma State University

Hairy Heredity

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young scholars learn that heredity comes down to the flip of a coin with this cross-curricular math and science instructional activity. Using smiley faces as a model, students toss coins to determine which dominant or...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Most and Least Likely

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Explore probability with beginners using these multiple-choice visuals. They determine what they are most likely to choose from a bag by examining the contents. Each bag has three types of similar objects with one more prevalent than the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore probability. In this probability lesson, 7th graders investigate modern day uses of probability. Students demonstrate probability through an experiment using dice.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What are the Chances: A Game of Chance!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with dice, playing cards, pennies and computer-generated simulations to calculate probability. They use compiled data to make predictions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Escape The Hangman

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the concept of probability. They use the game of hangman to create engagement and context for conducting the lesson. They create a spreadsheet with data that is given. Students make predictions based on data.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Analyzing Games

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Questions are randomly created to quiz students on probabilities associated with games. Hints and solutions are included.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes the Language of Chance

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Questions are randomly created to quiz learners on the language of chance. Hints and solutions are included.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rock, Paper, Scissors Probability!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about probability through a LEGO MINDSTORMS NTX-based activity that simulates a game of "rock-paper-scissors." The LEGO robot mimics the outcome of random game scenarios in order to help students gain a better...
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Buffon's Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Experiment with a simulation to get an approximation of Pi by dropping a needle on a lined sheet of paper.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Crazy Choices Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compare theoretical and experimental probabilities, using dice, cards, spinners, or coin tosses. Three different probabilities can be compared at once.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Bowl Em 'Over

For Students 9th - 10th
Does he have a chance? In this math challenge, estimate Helix's chances of winning the bowling tournament.