Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Mutually Exclusive Events
Use this site to learn what is means for two events to be mutually exclusive. Great examples show you how to calculate the probability of such events.
Cyberbee
Adventures of Cyberbee: Graphing
Teacher-directed lesson plan focusing on data analysis, graphing, and probability. Lesson includes a video and engaging spreadsheet activities.
University of Baltimore
University of Baltimore: Geometric Mean
A complete definition of geometric mean in the statistical concept of the word. The discussion includes several examples of how geometric means are calculated and how/where they are useful. Written by Dr. Hossein Arsham.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Understanding the Standard Deviation: What Makes It Larger or Smaller?
Students develop a better intuitive understanding of what is meant by variability in statistics. Emphasis is placed on the standard deviation as a measure of variability.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Daniel Bernoulli
Read a short biography about Daniel Bernoulli, and find out about his work in fluid mechanics, and his pioneering work in probability and statistics.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Using the Ti 83/84 to Explore the Binomial Theorem
This lesson will introduce students to the binomial theorem through a variety of activities. Pascal's triangle and probabilities will be explored through problem solving. The binomial theorem, combinations formula, and the binomial...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: What Are the Chances?
In this activity, students determine the probability of a spinner landing on a certain number in eleven trials. They also learn to change the weightage and find subsequent effect on the probability.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: El Azar Y La Probabilidad.
In Spanish. This is an interactive activity which introduces the basic concepts of probability theory. This unit ends with a first look at the probability of compound events.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Is It for Real?
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson uses sabermetrics (study of statistics of baseball) to try to determine when certain players had "change points," or times when their performance drastically changed. This is done...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Spin Me Along
Students explore probability and patterns in fractions, decimals, and percents by spinning three spinners and recording and analyzing the results.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Tiles in a Bag
How many tiles would you have to pick to be confident that your estimated probability truly represents the situation? In this activity, you will draw a tile from a bag, record its color and put it back in the bag. The bag contains 24...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Smile: Smile Program Mathematics Index
This site provides lesson plans for various math topics, including probability, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, patterns, applied math.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: El Azar Y La Probabilidad
In Spanish. Interactive activities introducing some of the concepts of probability.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Drug Testing
The use of performance enhancing drugs is the dark side of sport, and there are stringent measures in place to try to screen athletes. But what's the likelihood that an athlete who fails a drug test has actually taken the banned drug?...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Dependent Events and Sample Spaces Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the Multiplication Rule for dependent events.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Independent Events and Sample Spaces
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the multiplication rule for independent events.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Dependent Events and Sample Spaces Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the Multiplication Rule for dependent events.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Learning Math: Min, Max and the Five Number Summary
Explore how to interpret a large set of data by dividing it up into smaller portions in order to answer statistical questions.
Yale University
An Introduction to Mathematical Probability
This site gives a very brief definition of independent events. It provides a few example problems for further understanding.
Rice University
Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Mutually Exclusive Events
This resources offers a brief, one paragraph description of mutually exclusive events and gives an example for further clarification.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Statistics & Probability Finding Slope 8.sp.3 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of finding slope.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Statistics & Probability 7.sp.1 Worksheets
Create or print a worksheet to assess students' understanding of identifying populations and samples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sample Spaces for Compound Events
Practice interpreting diagrams and sample spaces to find the probability of outcomes.
The Math League
The Math League: Ratio and Proportion
This tutorial provides definitions and examples of ratios and proportions and features comparing ratios and converting rates.