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Curated OER

Unexpected Answers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and complete a variety of activities demonstration probability. They make observations about the results of the activities. Students complete and discuss conditional probability. Also, students draw conclusions about...
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Coin Tossing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the use of probability and compare it to actual real world results. In groups, they flip a coin a specific number of times while their other group members roll a set of dice the same amount of times as the coin. To...
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"The Giver" by Lois Lowry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students predict results, design a model, and carry out trials to determine probability based on their experimentation.
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What's the Matter? Locating Electrons in an Atom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars roll dice in order to simulate the probability of locating an electron in a certain region around the nucleus.
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EngageNY

Expected Value of a Discrete Random Variable

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Discover how to calculate the expected value of a random variable. In the seventh installment of a 21-part module, young mathematicians develop the formula for expected value. They connect this concept the dot product of vectors.
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Acting Like a Hog

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore game theory.  In this secondary mathematics lesson, students plat the game of HOG using dice and explore the optimal strategies.  Students play the game three ways:  any number of dice, a fixed number of dice and using...
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Roll `Em!

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in using base ten blocks and dice for a fun engaging math lesson. They use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson as the game board to help them play this math game.
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Probability Plus

For Teachers K - 4th
Students participate in a variety of activities to understand statistics. They collect and interpret data. Also students distinguish the difference between a population and a sample. They make inferences and create arguments using data.
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Radon Alert: Understanding Odds

For Teachers 5th
In this radon alert:  understanding odds worksheet, 5th graders predict results of rolling dice and record data in a chart, then compare odds of events and occupations, then compare that with radon exposure.
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Unexpected Answers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider probability problems with unexpected and surprising answers.
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Chance Dance Compositions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create dances through a randomly generated process (such as throwing a dice) and perform their dances for the class. Class work is based on Merce Cunningham's "Chance Dance" and includes walking, skipping hopping, and...
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What Are the Risks?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use dice to determine the risk of being exposed to radon. They practice using new vocabulary related to probability and ratios. They make predictions about the results and record their observations.
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Number Sense

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a lesson that is concerned with reviewing basic math concepts using the four operations. The activity is composed of a math game that is played by them.
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The Fair Factor

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students participate in playing many games to determine if they are fair or not. They create their own game that is fair to play with their classmates.
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Rules of Sign Change

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students manipulate negative and positive numbers. In this integers lesson, students move through three activities exploring negative and positive whole numbers. A number line, cardboard function representation, and solving expressions...
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Statistics and Probility

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders collect data and make predictions. In this geometry lesson, 7th graders work in tiers collecting data and plotting it. They make inferences and predictions about their collected data.
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What's Ponytail's Big News?

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils discuss reasons to not smoke. In this anti-smoking lesson, students listen to a story where the character Ponytail the pony doesn't smoke and is thus able to engage in physical activities. They create Ponytail's pinwheel with a no...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Rolling Dice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Roll two dice 10 times. After each roll, note whether any sixes were observed and record your results in the table below. Aligns with 7.SP.C.7.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.8 Tetrahedral Dice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Many games use dice which are six-sided and fair (meaning each face on the die is equally likely to land face up). Many games also use the sum of two dice rolled at the same time to determine movement of game pieces. However, not all...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S cp.a.3: Finding Probabilities of Compound Events

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Cecil has two six-sided dice, a red one and a white one. Aligns with S-CP.A.3.