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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Hs Statistics & Probability: Using Probability to Make Decisions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Learn about probability concepts with fun learning games including Algebra II Jeopardy, Deal or No Deal, Decisions Decisions, Show Time, Playin' against All Odds, and more.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Probabilty

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This very detailed flipchart teaches This very detailed flipchart teaches probability while providing a lot of practice and instruction. It includes spinners, cubes, shapes, patterns and is a great...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Odds on Favorite

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the odds ratio, a method in statistics for determining if the findings of two groups are statistically significant to each other. Students will find...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: I Can See the Future!

For Teachers 6th
How do we use ratios to make predictions? Let's find out!
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Wizards: Chance

For Students 3rd - 4th
Find out more about chance while making magical potions.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Random Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Video presentation on the probability of independent events, covering related topics: multiplication rule, random variable, and mean and standard deviation. [28:41]
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Odds and Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Odds and probability are related, but not the same thing. This question and answer site clears up the difference between the two.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Discrete Mathematics Project: What're the Odds?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is an activity that may be instructive when trying to learn the concept of "odds" and how they are found.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Probability What Are the Odds?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This instructional activity introduces the student to the concept of probability. Young scholars will explore the meaning of theoretical and experimental probability by viewing interactive websites. A lab activity will be performed using...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Analyzing Games

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Questions are randomly created to quiz students on probabilities associated with games. Hints and solutions are included.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Squares Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this video segment from "Cyberchase", the CyberSquad determines the fairness of a game in which there are three shapes distributed equally on nine squares. Uses popups, two minutes and 13 seconds.
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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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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Trick or Treat

For Students 3rd - 5th
On this one page website sharpen your logic, graphing and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Misaddressed Mail

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Try this probability challenge from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. See if you can figure out the probability of putting three checks in the correct envelopes without looking. Also, discover how probability skills are used...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Random Coin Toss

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This interactive exercise focuses on determining probabilities associated with repeated coin tosses and building tree diagrams to take math out of the classroom and into the real world.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit Assessment

For Teachers 1st Standards
Survey says? That is the question today, as students work on three different tasks to assess the how they are doing with the skills from the current unit.
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Cyberbee

Cyberbee: M&ms in the Bag Graphing Activity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use a bag of M&Ms to learn about probability. Includes graphs and percentages, and the steps needed for the students to duplicate the numbers.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Odds

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of odds as a specific way to express probabilities. An example is given and clearly explained.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life: Playing to Win

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple explanation of the link between math and winning odds at a casino. Learn about determining probability through two examples and about other ways we "play the odds" in real life. A second part of this article, "Place Your Bets:...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sampling & Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how sampling can help predict outcomes.
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Distribuciones De Probabilidad

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about normal distribution, calculate odds on normal distributions and fit a set of data to a normal distribution.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Einstein's Brilliant Mistake: Entangled States

For Students 9th - 10th
When you think about Einstein and physics, E=mc^2 is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But one of his greatest contributions to the field actually came in the form of an odd philosophical footnote in a 1935 paper he co-wrote-...

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