BBC
Bbc World Service: Figure It Out: Winning the Lottery
The learning activity demonstrates to students real-world applications of mathematics. The resource shows examples of how probability and chance can be used in the real world.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Multiple Coin Toss Model
Students explore flipping multiple coins through this downloadable java simulation. The complete results of the tossing experiment is shown on a graph of the cumulative probability of heads.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Probability Activity
The unit introduces the topic of probability and then students work in groups to find the odds of winning a game they design. The students learn how to summarize financial projections and appreciate the role of probability in real world...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Probability Activity
The unit introduces the topic of probability and then students work in groups to find the odds of winning a game they design. The students learn how to summarize financial projections and appreciate the role of probability in real world...
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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Birthday Problem
Dr. Math demonstrates how the birthday problem - what are the odds that two people in a room have the same birthday - works. Several links are available for extended investigations of the problem.
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: How Hard Can It Be?
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to one way of defining the strength of an encryption (called "Entropy"). In the lesson, students learn how to calculate the entropy of a given code, and then...
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Topic Summaries: Markov Systems
The topic summary outlines Markov systems. Some topics reviewed are expected number, distribution vectors, and transition probability. The resource consists of definitions, notes, and examples.
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PBS
Pbs Lesson Plan: Chances Are Talking Probability (Pdf) [Pdf]
An introductory lesson in probability for students in grades three to five. The concepts presented in this lesson are interwoven, over time, into a current unit of study. Students examine closely the "language" of probability as used in...
Other
High School Operations Research: Torn Shirts Inc.: Telephone Orders
A group of high school students need help determining how they will make the most profit selling T-shirts. They use data to analyze a business problem and apply probability concepts.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Complement Rule for Probability Grade 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Determine the probability of complementary events.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Misaddressed Mail
Try this probability challenge from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. See if you can figure out the probability of putting three checks in the correct envelopes without looking. Also, discover how probability skills are used...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp, S Cp, S Md but Mango Is My Favorite
A seven-year-old boy has a favorite treat, Super Fruity Fruit Snax. Of the 5 fruit flavors, he likes mango the best. When the boy found no mango in his fruit pouch, his mother (a statistician) assured him that this was no big deal and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Md Fred's Fun Factory
A famous arcade in a seaside resort town consists of many different games of skill and chance. In order to play a popular "spinning wheel" game at Fred's Fun Factory Arcade, a player is required to pay a small, fixed amount of 25 cents...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Md.2, 5 Sounds Really Good! (Sort Of)
A friend of yours, Phil, writes to you asking about a new scratch-off lottery game. It costs $10 to play this game. There are two outcomes for the game (win, lose) and the probability that a player wins a game is 60%. A win results in...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Stock Exchange Game
In this game, two players compete in a stock exchange, working with the concepts of theorertical and experimental probabilities and expected value. They must enter the probability and payoff of winning a single game, then observe the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Making Decisions With Expected Values
Calculate expected values and then use them to make decisions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Probability to Make Fair Decisions
Determine if different methods are fair or unfair. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Check Your Intuition: The Birthday Problem
Imagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there's more than a 50% chance that two people in the group have the same birthday? David Knuffke explains how the birthday problem exposes our often-poor...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: The Sound of Numbers [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will explore numbers and their relationships through rhythm and learn how every aspect of music can be described mathematically. Includes a probability challenge for students.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Understanding Probability
In this lesson, students will learn what probability is; ways to express probability as a ratio, a decimal, and a percentage; and how to solve problems based on probability.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Maybe Maybe Not
This is a beginning lesson on the concept of probability. Through a series of informal comparisons, the student will explore the chances of various outcomes of an event. The student will use vocabulary associated with probability.This...