CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Empirical Probability
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Simulate real-life situations with an experiment and find the experimental probability of a specific event.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Lions, Tigers, and Probability
Students explore the probabilities of simple events, such as rolling a dice, in this interactive web lesson.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Exploring Probability With Independent Events
Given a problem situation, students will use experimental data or theoretical probability to make predictions and determine solutions to situations involving independent events.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Hurricane Hunters: Tracking Katrina and Rita
In this activity students can use data collected on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to study functions, predictions, and probability models. Students will track the two hurricanes to see how the paths of the hurricanes affected the Gulf...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Cannibal Critters and Cannibal Critters Cont.
Students will explore probability and statistics using predictions and histograms. Theoretical and experimental probability will also be examined.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Music / Dance Performance: Data and Chance Experiments
On this interactive site students use the setting of a dance performance to predict all possible outcomes and make vertical and horizontal bar graphs.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sampling & Predictions
This lesson demonstrates how sampling can help predict outcomes.
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Contextual Clues
Strategies to help students recognize the meaning of words through contextual clues provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as C(2)QU (See Two Cue You), PReP (Prereading Plan),...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Can You Curl Your Tongue?
This lesson is adapted from a Connected Mathematics Unit, How Likely is It? This investigation introduces biology as a source of applications for probability. In this lesson, Curling your Tongue, students determine how many students in...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Can See the Future!
How do we use ratios to make predictions? Let's find out!
Other
Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Excel Lesson Plan
In this online lesson, students will survey students in their school to determine their favorite type of hand-held ice cream. Before performing the survey, students will make predictions about which ice creams they think will be the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Genetic Probably
Activity Overview Use the SciTools App to simulate a Punnett square. Make predictions about genetic crosses. Learn about the following concepts; genes, alleles, dominant alleles, recessive alleles, homozygous individuals, heterozygous...
Other
Bscs: Budburst Lilac Festival
In this self-directed activity, students use graphs and maps of lilac phenology data to determine the best time to host a lilac blossom festival in their area. A handout with everything the student needs to complete this lesson plan is...
Other
Bowling Green State University: Probability Activities
A collection of links to probability activities. Each link contains a description of the activity, shown work, and the correct solution.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Introduction to Probability
This site from Richland Community College provides an overview of probability including a list of probability rules. Several examples using dice are included.
Other
Nearpod: Random Sampling
In this lesson, 7th graders will learn how to use random sampling to make generatlizations and predictions about a population.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fitting Quadratic and Exponential Functions to Scatter Plots
Determine if a quadratic or exponential model fits a data set better, then use the model to make a prediction. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Wheel of Fortune's Frequent Letters
Did you know that letter guessing on Wheel of Fortune is based on probability? In this challenge taken from one of TV's most popular game shows, discover what consonant or vowel should be guessed next based on letters already given. A...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Chances Are
Focus on the "language" of probability by listing events from your life that are certain, impossible, likely and unlikely to happen. Determine the likelihood of an event occurring using a probability scale, based on a data set, and by...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Chances Are
Students explore the likelihood of events using circle graphs and percentages in this interactive web lesson.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Dihybrid Problem Set
This site is provided by the University of Arizona and it gives great information on the subject. Good collection of dihybrid crosses which exemplify the issue of independent assortment. Work these once you think you've mastered th concept.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Leap Frog Experiment
Students design an experiment, collect information using tree diagrams, and interpret the results using charts in this interactive web lesson.
Microsoft
Microsoft Education Lesson Plan: Candy Is Dandy
Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated instructional activity that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.
Rice University
Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Trend Analysis
A series of pages that help us understand testing one or more components of a trend using specific comparisons, a set of coefficients, error analysis of variance and the probability value.