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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Spinner

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Go round and round to compare theoretical and experimental probabilities. Learners set the number of sectors and the number of spins for a spinner. Then, a table displays the experimental and theoretical probabilities of the spinner for...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Counting Events: Flipping Unfair Coins

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Who said life was fair? An interactive uses an area diagram to represent the probabilities of flipping unfair coins. Pupils use the diagram to calculate the probabilities of outcomes of flipping the two coins. The scholars must decide...
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Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Fred's Fun Factory

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Spin to win! Individuals calculate the average number of tickets expected based on a probability distribution for the number of tickets per spin. Pupils use that information to determine the average number of tickets that can be won...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Concept: Dice Probabilities

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
In this probability worksheet, students roll dice to determine the experimental probability of rolling each number on a die. The experiment is repeated using a dice rolling application on their computer. Students find the theoretical...
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Playing with Probability

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Review basic probability concepts with your class using different-colored marbles in a bag. Then pair up learners and have them play a cool online interactive game in which they race miniature cars using the roll of a die or two. The...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Probability Lesson Plans

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Here is an article on how teachers can use probability lesson plans to teach their charges about theoretical and experimental probability.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Pizza Night!

For Students 6th - 8th
Take a bite out of an enticing resource. Scholars use an interactive to study dependent events. They see how the number of favorable outcomes and total number of outcomes changes as individuals "eat" pieces of pizza.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Simple Monty Hall

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What's behind door number one? A fun resource lets learners simulate the classic Monty Hall probability problem. Pupils choose a door, and after they select a losing door, they decide whether to switch or stay. Using their decisions, the...
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Corbett Maths

Tree Diagrams

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Climb out on a branch to find probabilities. Using tree diagrams, the resource shows how to find compound probabilities when the events are not uniform. The video works through two different scenarios, one where the probabilities remain...
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Assessment
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Balanced Assessment

Dog Tags

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Class members demonstrate a proficiency with conditional probabilities through this task. Individuals calculate probabilities using multiplication and addition. They also distinguish between repetition and non-repetition while...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Additive and Multiplicative Rules for Probability: Red Dress? Blue Dress? Both!

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
The sum of the parts is greater than the whole. An interactive uses a Venn-like model to show the percentage of females from a survey that have a blue dress, a red dress, or both. The pupils determine the numbers in each category...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Arrays to Show Multiplication Concepts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners practice multiplication concepts. In this multiplication lesson, pupils make arrays by using counters and solve various multiplication questions. They model arrays with counters for reinforcement.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Computing Probabilities for the Standard Normal Distribution: The FDA and Food Safety

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
To recall or not to recall, that is the question. Using provided data, pupils calculate the percent of people that may fall ill on average. The scholars determine the standard deviation based upon the mean and the empirical rule, then...
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Curated OER

M&M Science and Math

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A series of math and science activities feature M&M's® as manipulatives to help kids work through equations. The resource includes exercises on finding averages, percent of compositions, moles in chemical reactions, genotypes and...
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Assessment
Los Angeles County Office of Education

Assessment For The California Mathematics Standards Grade 4

For Students 4th Standards
Have scholars show what they know with a 20-page assessment aligned to the California State Standards. The test covers concepts such as large and whole numbers, all four mathematical operations, fractions, decimals, geometric figures,...
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TED-Ed

How Many Ways Can You Arrange a Deck of Cards?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Entertain and grab your learners' attention with a short video clip that engagingly teaches the concept of a permutation and how a factorial is a wonderful shortcut for theoretical probability calculations.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Probability

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the math concept of probability. In this probability lesson plan, 6th graders examine visual examples of finding probability. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore theoretical and experimental probability. In this probability lesson, 6th graders participate in several hands-on activities involving the comparison of theoretical probability to the actual results. Games include...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability instructional activity, students flip coins and draw marbles out of a bag to determine probabilities of a particular outcome. Students discuss the differences between...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore probability.  In this probability lesson, students define theoretical probability and experimental probability.  Learners predict outcomes of hands on activities using coins and colored tiles, complete a chart...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Picking Chips: Experimental Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners apply the concepts of an event occurring to playing a game. In this probability lesson,students differentiate between experimental and theoretical probability.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability of Childhood Games

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students find the probability of certain situations including spinning a spinner, drawing marbles from a bag, and rolling a dice.
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Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Winning Spinners

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Winning a spin game is random chance, right? Pupils create a table to determine the sample space of spinning two spinners. Individuals determine the probability of winning a game and then modify the spinners to increase the probability...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Normal Distributions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Pupils work to find probabilities by using areas under the normal curve. Groups work to calculate z-scores and solve real-world problems using the empirical rule or tables.