It's a good thing the resource dropped into your radar. Young mathematicians use an app that randomly drops balls through a Plinko game and into bins. They compare the distribution to that of an ideal binomial distribution.

Concepts

probability, statistics, histograms, probability experiments, binomial distribution

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the interactive as part of a review session
  

Classroom Considerations

• Pupils should be familiar with an ideal binomial distribution
• Instructors must register for an account to see the teacher resource
  

Pros

• Easy to use with entertaining subject matter
  
• Includes sample lesson plans uploaded by teachers
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.SP.A.2 6.SP.B.4 6.SP.B.5.c 7.SP.C.5 7.SP.C.6 HSS-ID.A.1 HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-IC.A.2