Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: Your Odds of Winning Powerball: Probabilities of Compound Events Using Visuals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this video, explore the odds of winning the Powerball lottery and learn what few people realize about their chances of winning: they are miniscule. In the accompanying classroom activity, students create simple lottery models to help...
Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Statistics & Probability: Compound Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The probability resource investigates compound events. Students learn about the topic through notes and examples. The tutorial consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the concept.