Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fire!, Probability, and Chaos
Students will simulate the probability of a forest fire then graphing the data.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Lions, Tigers, and Probability
Students explore the probabilities of simple events, such as rolling a dice, in this interactive web lesson.
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PBS
Pbs Mathline: Remove One Lesson Plan [Pdf]
Middle schoolers play a game involving chips, dice, and a number line to explore the outcomes of events. Printable lesson.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Ideas That Lead to Probability
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.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Tree Diagrams and Probability
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.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Coin Toss
A simple coin-toss simulation through which young scholars explore experimental probability. Accompanied by links to related activities, discussions, worksheets, and materials for instructors.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Dice Table
A dice-table activity introduces students to probability and to converting probability to a simple fraction, a decimal, and a percentage.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Probability and Sports
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.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Intro to the Concept of Probability
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...
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races
Students play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Tree Diagrams
This tutorial demonstrates how tree diagrams are constructed and shows how to calculate the probability of an event using a tree diagram. There are links to a lesson, practice page, and teacher resource pages with useful tips.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Last Banana: A Thought Experiment in Probability
Imagine a game played with two players and two dice: if the biggest number rolled is one, two, three, or four, player 1 wins. If the biggest number rolled is five or six, player 2 wins. Who has the best probability of winning the game?...
The Franklin Institute
A Penny Flipped Is Science Learned
What is the probability that a penny will land on heads when flipped? Test this on Ben Franklin's birthday and find out!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Empirical Probability Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize and calculate simple experimental probability.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Wheel of Fortune's Frequent Letters
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Bill Nye Demonstration: The Birthday Paradox
This tutorial demonstrates that the chances of two people in a small group having the same birthday are extraordinarily high. Take a look at the mathematics behind the calculation. [3:07]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Simple Probability
Practice calculating the probability of a given outcome in these exercises. Includes hints.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S cp.a.1, S cp.a.4, and S cp.b.6: The Titanic 1
On April 15, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and rapidly sank with only 710 of her 2,204 passengers and crew surviving. Data on survival of passengers are summarized in the table below. (Data source:...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Can See the Future!
How do we use ratios to make predictions? Let's find out!
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: It's All About Chance
The students will be learning about probability language and how it pertains to their lives.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Bowl Em 'Over
Does he have a chance? In this math challenge, estimate Helix's chances of winning the bowling tournament.
US Department of Education
Nces: Kids' Zone: Chances
Dice game allows you to see how increasing or decreasing the number of dice rolls affects an outcome.
Other
Utah St. Univ.: Coin Tossing Applet
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simple Events, Outcomes, and Probability: Lesson 5
This lesson defines terms simple event, outcome, and probability. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Simple Events, Outcomes, and Probability."