Curated OER
Ideas that Lead to Probability
Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students use random number generators to determine probabilities of events. Students discuss if certain probable events are fair. Students determine fair ways to...
New York Times
New York Times: Steven Strogatz on the Elements of Math Series the New York Times
[Free Registration/Login Required] On this site, Cornell University mathematics professor, Steven Strogatz, shares his 15-part series of columns on the elements of math. He investigates topics ranging from negative numbers to subtraction...
Brown University
Brown University: Seeing Theory
This resource provides interactive visualizations of probability concepts. Covers basic probability, compound probability, probability distributions, frequentist inference, Bayesian inference, and regression analysis. The authors are...
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Christiaan Huygens
This University of St. Andrews site contains biographical information and findings of Christiaan Huygens.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Probability Simulations App
Explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates the rolling of dice, tossing of coins and generating random numbers. Evaluation options include bar graphs, table of trials data, settings for specifying the number of...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Social Security Numbers
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is good practice for students who have already learned about permutations. U.S. Social Security Numbers are explained, and then students find the number of different SSNs which...
Mathigon
Mathigon: Combinatorics: World of Math
This lesson focuses on Combinatorics, a branch of mathematics which is about counting. It includes 5 sections: Factorials, Permutations, Combinations, Combinatorics and Pascal's Triangle, and Combinatorics and Probability with examples...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S cp.a.2/a.3/a.5 and S cp.b.7: Rain & Lightning
This task uses the same situation to explore different concepts of probability theory. Aligns with the S-CP.A.2.; S-CP.A.3; S-CP.A.5; and S-CP.B.7 standards.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Jacob (Jacques) Bernoulli
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, contains information on the life of Bernoulli.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: George Polya
This University of St. Andrews site offers a biography of George Polya. Many links are provided.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Georges Louis Seclerc Comte De Buffon
This University of St. Andrews site contains a brief overview of this mathematician's accomplishments.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Mac Tutor History of Mathematics: Christiaan Huygens
Biography of Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens. Hyperlinks to related information.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: John Venn
Good introduction to Venn's life and work. Explains especially his lifelong relationship to Cambridge. Includes links to further information on Venn's "probability theory."
Mathigon
Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Predicting the Future
This lesson focuses on probability theory for predicting the outcome of flipping a coin, and then flipping it multiple times.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Probability and Statistics
Mini lessons are provided for learning concepts in the world of probability and statistics. Topics include counting and probability, permutations, combinations, independent and dependent events, and distributions. Links to online...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Intoduction to Probability Theory
This tutorial defines experiment, sample space, and event. Several examples are presented to help distinguish between them.