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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Ideas That Lead to Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan sets the ground work for an introduction to and then exploring the concepts that are the foundation for probability. Lots of resources are available for teachers and students at this website.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Tree Diagrams and Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan helps young scholars develop tree diagrams and figure probability of events based on diagrams. Lots of resources are available to support teachers and students at this website.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Probability and Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a resource for many topics in probability and statistics. Click on the topic of your choice for an explanation. The sites you will be linked to are quite extensive. A degree of higher-level math is necessary for understanding...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Probability and Sports

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan. In it, learners explore where probability can be applied to professional sports. NCTM standards are listed for this lesson plan.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Intro to the Concept of Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to introduce students to the concepts of probability. Students learn about the definition of, outcomes in, and calculations of experimental probability. Students use an...
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Probability and Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to give students an opportunity to connect probabilty and geometry. Students learn how to calculate probability, use geometry to solve probabilty problems, and, as an added bonus,...
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Other

Bowling Green St Univ: Introduction to Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Bowling Green State University provides an introduction to probability. It discusses topics and activities such as interpreting odds, listing all possible outcomes (the sample space), basic probability rules, equally...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Wheel of Fortune's Frequent Letters

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you know that letter guessing on Wheel of Fortune is based on probability? In this challenge taken from one of TV's most popular game shows, discover what consonant or vowel should be guessed next based on letters already given. A...
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Website
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Hss md.b.7: Analyze Decisions Using Probability

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Learn about probability concepts with these two real-world learning tasks: "Fred's Fun Factory" and "But Mango Is My Favorite."
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Handout
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Stats and Probability Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Many topics on Statistics and Probability are defined and linked here. Click on any of them to move to a more detailed discussion of the term.
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Other

Utah St. Univ.: Coin Tossing Applet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting Applet that simulates the toss of a coin 100 times. A quick count of the results and an accompanying graph make this site useful for both teacher and student.
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Handout
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of probability. An example is given and clearly explained.
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Lesson Plan
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Probability and Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...