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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: From Probability to Combinatorics and Number Theory

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Apply division to determine the probability of outcomes with a racing game.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: The Smithville Families Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A coin is used to determine the birth of children and the learners are to determine the probability of whether the child is boy/girl. Printable lesson.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes: Theoretical Probability

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of theoretical probability. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Plinko!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students will simulate a popular game, find experimental probabilities, and then compare those probabilities to the corresponding theoretical probabilities.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Analyzing Number Cube Sums

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students extend their understanding of theoretical probability and patterns. They use number cubes, to build awareness that a fraction and its decimal and percent representation on the calculator are "close," but not...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Will Girls and Boys Be Equal?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students explore concepts in probability and statistics. In this activity, they model a situation to find experimental probability and construct a box-and-whisker plot. They compare the experimental and theoretical probabilities for the...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: You're Probably Right, It's Wrong

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students perform a simulation to guess answers on a test and determine the experimental probability of passing the test. They then compare it with the theoretical probability.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Off to the Races

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students set weights for factors and observe how it affects the probability of a particular outcome. They set a weight for 3 factors for each of the six horses in a race. The three factors are weighted differently in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simple Probability

For Students 6th - 8th
In this exercise, students practice finding simple probability. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
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eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Theoretical Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with theoretical probability. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding the Probability of Two Dependent Events Occurring: Lesson 4

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
This lesson demonstrates how to find the probability of two dependent events occurring. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Finding the Probability of Two Dependent Events Occurring."
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simple Probability

For Students 6th - 8th
Practice finding probabilities of events, such as rolling dice, drawing marbles out of a bag, and spinning spinners. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Coin Flips and Die Rolls

For Students 7th Standards
A set of questions on experimental and theoretical probabilities using coins and dice. Answers are accompanied by explanations.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Adjustable Spinner

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive game for learning theoretical vs experimental probability.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Puzzling Pangaea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson students will work collaboratively to research information in order to prove or disprove if a super continent ever existed. Students will create a model of Pangaea to show how their research findings 'connect' in a puzzle...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sampling and Prediction: Lesson 3

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson demonstrates how sampling can help predict outcomes. It is 3 of 2 in the series titled "Sampling and Prediction."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sampling and Prediction: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how sampling can help predict outcomes. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Sampling and prediction."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sampling & Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how sampling can help predict outcomes.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart takes the student through activities regarding theoretical and experimental probability and expressing the probability in mathematical terms.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Probability Starter: Handling Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are introduced to the concept of theoretical and actual probability in a variety of contexts.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Bit of a Dicey Problem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Short website offers a look into the theoretical probability of tossing dice. Several questions related to the throwing of dice are included.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: In a Box

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This probability problem encourages the learner not only to arrive at a solution, but also to defend it.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding the Probability of Two Dependent Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson demonstrates how to find the probability of two dependent events occurring.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding the Probability of Two Dependent Events Occurring: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson demonstrates how to find the probability of two dependent events occurring. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Finding the Probability of Two Dependent Events Occurring."