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Better Lesson: Hs Statistics & Probability: Using Probability to Make Decisions
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Probabilty
[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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Odds on Favorite
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...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Can See the Future!
How do we use ratios to make predictions? Let's find out!
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Wizards: Chance
Find out more about chance while making magical potions.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Random Variables
Video presentation on the probability of independent events, covering related topics: multiplication rule, random variable, and mean and standard deviation. [28:41]
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Odds and Probability
Odds and probability are related, but not the same thing. This question and answer site clears up the difference between the two.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Discrete Mathematics Project: What're the Odds?
This is an activity that may be instructive when trying to learn the concept of "odds" and how they are found.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Probability What Are the Odds?
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...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Analyzing Games
Questions are randomly created to quiz students on probabilities associated with games. Hints and solutions are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Squares Game
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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Are Dice Fair or Not?
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...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Trick or Treat
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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Misaddressed Mail
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Random Coin Toss
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit Assessment
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.
Cyberbee
Cyberbee: M&ms in the Bag Graphing Activity
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.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Odds
Find a quick, concise explanation of odds as a specific way to express probabilities. An example is given and clearly explained.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life: Playing to Win
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:...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sampling & Predictions
This lesson demonstrates how sampling can help predict outcomes.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Distribuciones De Probabilidad
Learn about normal distribution, calculate odds on normal distributions and fit a set of data to a normal distribution.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Einstein's Brilliant Mistake: Entangled States
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-...