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Probability

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders experiment with probability. In this probability lesson, 2nd graders pick colored beans from a bag to find the chance of getting different colors. They make fair and unfair spinners and record the data after spinning them. 
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Curated OER

Is This Really Okay for Me? A Public Health Statistical Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Future public health consultants are asked in a letter to help determine if a fictitious drug is causing birth defects in a population. They perform a simulation using beans and probability calculations to come to a conclusion. Note that...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Jelly Beans Add Up

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore counting, sorting, and graphing skills. In this data analysis instructional activity, students sort jelly beans by color, count the jelly beans, and create a bar graph of the jelly beans according to color.
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The Jelly Bean Problem

For Students 7th - 12th
In this probability worksheet, students solve 1 word problem about the probability of drawing a particular color jelly bean out of a bag.  Students are given two bags with 4 jelly beans each.
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Curated OER

Unit 5: Worksheet 5 - Estimation & Probability

For Students 9th - 10th
In this estimation worksheet, students interpret given data and estimate fish populations. Students write a conclusion of their findings. Afterwards, they determine the probability of given events. This two-page worksheet contains...
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Probability or Ability?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners fill in a probability chart while attempting to catch candy with their non-dominant hands. They replicate the activity with a coin.
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EngageNY

Sampling Variability in the Sample Proportion (part 1)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Increase your sample and increase your accuracy! Scholars complete an activity that compares sample size to variability in results. Learners realize that the greater the sample size, the smaller the range in the distribution of sample...
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Tag and Recapture

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in an activity in which colored jelly beans represent fish in a lake--10 green jellybeans per "lake" representing tagged fish. They draw from the beans (fish) and record the number of tagged fish they draw...
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A Seed Grows

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders begin the lesson by planting their own bean seed. Individually, they make predictions about how many leaves and roots their plant might grow and each day record their observations. They graph the results of the length of...
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Throw Everything

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students throw objects overhand into containers in the center of the playing area.
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Nim: A Game Played All Over the World

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a European subtraction game. In this subtraction lesson, students use pebbles to demonstrate different subtraction strategies. The students use a deduction strategy to be the first one left with no pebbles.
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Properties of Covalent Compounds

For Students 10th - 12th
In this compounds worksheet, students compare the differences between and ionic compound and a covalent compound. Students explain bond dissociation energy. This worksheet has 5 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Taste and Smell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experiment with sense of smell, and how it relates to sense of taste.
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First Place Foods

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify healthy foods. In this nutrition lesson, 1st graders create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast healthy foods. Students place foods in the proper circle.
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Date a Rock!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners figure the number of half-lives since the sample solidified, and therefore the "age" of the sample rocks.