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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Activity: An Experiment With a Die

For Students 3rd - 4th
Explore probability with this dice experiment. Includes instructions for recording data on a table, creating a graph, questions to investigate, a probability formula, and a discussion of probability.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Dice Probabilities

For Students 6th - 8th
You're playing Monopoly with a friend, and you've already got Park Place and you really, really want to get Boardwalk. If you're on Pacific Avenue, what are the chances you'll reach your goal? Here's an easy project that will show you...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Bit of a Dicey Problem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Short website offers a look into the theoretical probability of tossing dice. Several questions related to the throwing of dice are included.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Building Blocks for Addition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews what addition is and what the equal sign does. It contains a section for writing math sentences using the dice generator. Then it has an Activote of 10 addition sentences.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Penny and Dice Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a game using the dice tool and pennies to practice addition and counting. Students start out playing with one partner and one die. Later you can increase the partners up to four. This...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Multiplication by the Roll of the Dice

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an interactive multiplication activity. Students create their own multiplication problems by rolling the dice. Each page has a different level of multiplication problem. Works great as...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Two Dice

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use your problem solving skills to work on this problem that has to do with dice. The solution is right on this one page website.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Probability

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students examine predictable outcomes of events such as flipping a coin or rolling a dice. They see that these events repeated many times form a pattern of distribution. They explore the probability concepts of most likely and least likely.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Last Banana: A Thought Experiment in Probability

For Students 9th - 10th
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?...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is it fair or not fair? That is the question. Try this math challenge where you use your probability and number sense skills to determine whether or not a game is fair. Find out how mastering this challenge can be useful in real life...
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Interactive
US Department of Education

Nces: Kids' Zone: Chances

For Students 9th - 10th
Dice game allows you to see how increasing or decreasing the number of dice rolls affects an outcome.
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Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Yacht (Dice Game)

For Students 2nd - 8th
A fun addition game, similar to Yahtze, with a simple goal: "try to score the highest amount you can".
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Probability Dice

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan flipchart to review probability.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Game Dice

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan flipchart to review multiplication facts.
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Activity
Other

Petals Around the Rose

For Students 9th - 10th
Logic puzzle involving dice. A person must figure out a number based on which dice are rolled.
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Activity
California State University

Cal State San Bernardino: Intro to Probability Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The concept of random variables comes to life with this Applet used to roll one, two, six, or nine dice. The user selects the number of rolls to be completed, and the program quickly counts and graphs the results.
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App
California State University

Cal State San Bernardino: Central Limit Theorem Applet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this applet, rolling of dice is studied. The number that lands face "up" on the die is graphed as the die is rolled repeatedly. The user begins to see, with increased accuracy, the standard normal curve appearing as the graph.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Baldessari

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides brief biographical information on John Baldessari in addition to a link to view "Black Dice," a work of Baldessari's at the museum.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fun With Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on 8th grade Probability. Through the use of interactive dice roller, magic viewer, and manipulation of objects, students can bring Probability to life!
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Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Tricky Track Game

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The directions on this site are for an interesting, two-player dice game named Tricky Track. Grab a partner and play. Do your results surprise you?
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Soldiers Gambling With Dice

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Soldiers Gambling with Dice", created by Pieter Jansz Quast in 1643 (Oil on panel, 36 x 47 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Soldiers Playing Cards and Dice (The Cheats)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Soldiers Playing Cards and Dice (The Cheats)", created by Valentin De Boulogne from 1618-20 (Oil on canvas, 121 x 152 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Soldiers Playing Dice

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Soldiers Playing Dice", created by Michelangelo Cerquozzi during the 1630's (Oil on canvas, 51 x 41 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Two Boys Playing Dice

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Two Boys Playing Dice", created by Bartolome Esteban Murillo from 1670-75 (Oil on canvas, 148 x 114 cm).

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