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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Lions, Tigers, and Probability

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students explore the probabilities of simple events, such as rolling a dice, in this interactive web lesson.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Probability: Measurement of Probability Grades 9 10

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the number of outcomes, theoretical probability, and odds of events involving coins, dice, and cards.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Coin Flips and Die Rolls

For Students 7th Standards
A set of questions on experimental and theoretical probabilities using coins and dice. Answers are accompanied by explanations.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Dice Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A dice-table activity introduces students to probability and to converting probability to a simple fraction, a decimal, and a percentage.
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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.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Experimental Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Experiment with probability using a fixed size section spinner, a variable section spinner, two regular 6-sided dice or customized dice.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Racing Game With Two Dice

For Students 9th - 10th
Simulate a game where "N" players roll two dice, and the lucky player has an advantage for reaching the finish.
Lesson Plan
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.
Lesson Plan
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.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Experimental Probability

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This interactive learning activity allows students to explore experimental probability using spinners and dice. Teacher resources are included.
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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.
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?...
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Probability

For Students 4th
Explains what probability and outcomes are. Presents a formula for calculating probability for a simple dice or marble experiment. Introduces the concept of a probability line and discusses vocabulary used to talk about probability....
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Predicting the Future

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on probability theory for predicting the outcome of flipping a coin, and then flipping it multiple times.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Crazy Choices Game

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compare theoretical and experimental probabilities, using dice, cards, spinners, or coin tosses. Three different probabilities can be compared at once.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.1 Sample Spaces and Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section explores how to determine the sample space, or possible outcomes, for an event such as rolling dice. It also investigates how to determine the probability of different outcomes occurring for an activity such as flipping a...
Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Statistics & Probability: Basic Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The mathematics resource investigates basic probability. Students learn about the topic through notes and examples. The tutorial consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the concept.
Lesson Plan
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...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Probability Simulations App

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates the rolling of dice, tossing of coins and generating random numbers. Evaluation options include bar graphs, table of trials data, settings for specifying the number of...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simple Probability

For Students 6th - 8th
Practice finding probabilities of events, such as rolling dice, drawing marbles out of a bag, and spinning spinners. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Probability Simulations App

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This App allows students to explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates rolling dice, tossing coins, and generating random numbers. They use evaluation options such as bar graphs and table of trials data....
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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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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Probability Dice

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