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Quarter, Nickel, Dime....
An engaging game called, "Quarter, Nickel, and Dime" is presented in this math lesson. Players are given an envelope with slips of paper that represent the three coins. In pairs, they play the game 18 times, and the whole class charts...
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Investigation-Design Your Own Spinner
Students design their own spinner that meets the given criteria. In this math lesson, students discuss biased versus unbiased events or outcomes when dealing with probability. Students are given 5 criteria that must be incorporated into...
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The Perfect Principal
Learners demonstrate their understanding of math skills. In this data analysis lesson plan, students complete a worksheet requiring them to calculate mean, median, and mode, and create and interpret graphs. Lesson is intended as an...
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Cyber Chow Combos
Students, after watching the CYBERCHASE episode, "A Day at the Spa,"represent and count combinations of choices using tree diagrams.
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Probability Popsicle Pop-ups
Fourth graders decorate and use popsicle sticks as manipulatives to assist with their learning of probability. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to organize the results of their experiment. They make a stem and leaf plot...
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Is the Probability Probable?
Third graders compare experimental results with mathematical expectations of probabilities. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice with the concept of probability.
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Coin Probability
Fourth graders, in pairs, receive three different types of coin bags. They pick coins out of the bag and tally what was picked fifteen times. They do it with all three bags for three separate tallies.
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Against all Odds
Tenth graders appreciate the role of probability in understanding everyday situations. They Communicate a summary of financial projections in appropriate reports, tables, and graphs after creating a new game of chance.
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Roll `Em!
First graders engage in using base ten blocks and dice for a fun engaging math lesson plan. They use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson plan as the game board to help them play this math game.