Curated OER
Tomb Explorer/Temple Explorer
Fourth graders build an explorer vehicle which they program through an obstacle course to enter the tomb or temple to discover artifacts.
Curated OER
Learning About Our Five Senses
Students study the sense of touch and various degrees of heat. They design a model that displays how the human hand reacts to heat using a touch sensor.
Curated OER
Egyptians as Engineers
Student design and build Lego vehicles that drag given amount of weight up an incline. They show how this demonstrates Egyptian methods of pyramid construction.
Curated OER
Introduction to Plates, Axles, and Gears
Students are introduced to the function and design of the following Lego pieces: beams, bricks, plates, axles, tires, hubs and bushings. They then work with a partner to build something using only these pieces.
Curated OER
Kincaid Creatures
Students brainstorm a list of nocturnal and diurnal wild animals they see in their community and discuss how the animals would be different if they were living during the Ice Age. Using a handout, they discover how archeologists record...
Curated OER
A World Of Matter
First graders complete a variety of experiments with solids, liquids and gases. They read books about matter, identify the characteristics of solids, liquids and gases and the sort and classify a variety of matter. Students make...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Probability
Try these simple probability multiple-choice practice problems.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Probability
In this exercise, students practice finding simple probability. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Practice: Simple Probability
Practice calculating the probability of a given outcome in these exercises. Includes hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Probability
Practice finding probabilities of events, such as rolling dice, drawing marbles out of a bag, and spinning spinners. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Scholastic
Scholastic: The Power of Probability
Middle schoolers will learn and reinforce skills for strategies to identify favorable and total outcomes, calculating simple and compound probability, sampling and proportions and using probability concepts to solve real-world problems.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes: Theoretical Probability
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of theoretical probability. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Probability: Find Probability
This site provides great practice on the concept of probability. Students can first learn about the topic by watching a step by step instruction video that also points out areas of concern. Finally, students can practice their knowledge...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Simple Events
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of the probability of outcomes for simple events. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Probability of Simple Events
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of the probability of simple events.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Theoretical and Experimental Probability: Coin Flips and Die Rolls
A set of questions on experimental and theoretical probabilities using coins and dice. Answers are accompanied by explanations.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple Hypothesis Testing
Show that you have mastery over the idea behind hypothesis testing by calculating some probabilities and drawing conclusions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Your Odds of Winning Powerball: Probabilities of Compound Events Using Visuals
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...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Probability
Explains what probability and outcomes are. Presents a formula for calculating probability for a simple dice or marble experiment. Introduces the concept of a probability line and discusses vocabulary used to talk about probability....
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Arsenal Collection: Football Formations
How many different football team formations can you find? This activity provides an engaging real-life context to investigate simple combinations, and is aimed at Key Stage 3 students.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Playing With Probability Some Simple Scenarios
Exposure to this concept now is both fun and engaging AND a crucial step toward building a foundation for deeper, long-term understanding.
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:...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Set Builder and Interval Notation
Use this lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource when planning instruction on sets and interval notation. Offers simple definitions and examples, an eleven-question online quiz, and a .pdf worksheet for students to complete while...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Vcr
This resource presents an interesting challenge for the serious mathematician with strong reasoning skills. Explore proportional reasoning, probabilities, fractions, and ratios in this challenge to figure out if you always get six hours...