Illustrative Mathematics
Waiting Times
Probability prevails in this assignment as youngsters determine the probability of finding a blue pen in a cereal box when they can come in blue, green, yellow, or red. Learners set up a simulation to determine the outcome of compound...
Curated OER
How Many?
Middle schoolers explore and design ways to collect data through simulations and random samples. They perform two experiments to determine the answers to various probability problems, and present the data/graphs in the form of a...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Spread of Disease
In this activity, students simulate the spread of a disease in a population. They use the Probability Simulation application to learn that certain sums occur more often than others because of combinations of addends of those sums.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Leaf Drops
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students simulate the sinking of a yacht in the ocean, which is analogous to dropping a piece of paper in air. Students drop the paper multiple times and then calculate the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Collecting Pens
How many boxes of cereal must you buy to collect all six different prizes? Calculating this using probability rules is much more difficult than finding the answer using simulation. This lesson plan includes worksheets for students that...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Empirical Probability Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Simulate real-life situations with an experiment and find the experimental probability of a specific event.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Use a Simulation
Get independent practice using a simulation. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Fire
Use this applet to demonstrate the spread of a forest fire. The applet takes into consideration the probability that a tree adjacent to a burning tree will catch fire, and it shows how much of a sample forest will burn. Repeat the fire...