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St. Patrick's Day statistics simulations
Ireland Virtual Field Trip for St. Patrick's Day Google Earth Exploration
Take your students on a virtual tour of Ireland! Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, informational text, video, and visuals, your students will learn about the geography, history, and significance of Ireland from various perspectives.This virtual field trip covers::: geographic location of Ireland:: borders (drag & drop map skills):: partition of Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland):: climate:: physical features (lowlands, mountains, coasts):: peat bogs::
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5th - 7th
St Patricks Day Activity Ireland Virtual Field Trip
This Ireland virtual field trip is the perfect St. Patrick's day activity. Go on an adventure with your class to see the Cliffs of Moher, Irish Dancing, St. Patrick's Day Celerations, and more! This Ireland virtual field trip is easy to prep, is interactive, includes videos, and has companion activities. This virtual field trip would be the perfect addition to a study of Europe or a St. Patrick's Day celebration.Save $$ and get this as part of the Virtual Field Trip Growing Bundle!*Note: This re
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Growing Bundle, Holidays, Countries, Video Lessons
AP Statistics M&M Sampling Distribution Project - Works for Distance Learning!
NEW for 2020! This resource now includes both a PDF for printing out a physical copy AND a fully editable Google Doc link for remote or distance learning! Assign the Google doc to your students, and they can type their answers directly into the document and submit their work digitally. They can also create normal curve diagrams in Google Docs using Insert-Image (kids figure out how to do this quite quickly, as I learned this year!)I use this project every year in my AP Statistics class to demyst
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Statistics Project Bundle! 6 Projects + digital versions
Probability-Theoretical and Experimental-Crab Derby Race CCSS 7.SP.C.5, 6, and 7
This is a fun, engaging 3 part activity including lesson plan that will have your kids so engaged they will forget they are actually learning math. Students will first work in groups/partners and simulate a crab derby race in a game using the sum of two dice to see whose crab will cross the finish line first. Then, they will complete a matrix of possible outcomes when two dice are tossed and added together to get particular sums. They will answer questions that apply to both theoretical and e
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5th - 9th
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Earth Day Activity Grand Canyon Virtual Field Trip
This Grand Canyon virtual field trip is perfect for an Earth Day activity or National Parks study. Go on an adventure with your class to learn about National Parks, learn about Grand Canyon wildlife, the creation of the Grand Canyon, and more!This Grand Canyon virtual field trip is easy to prep, is interactive, includes videos, and has companion activities. Your students will be engaged the whole time, and excited to learn about these important topics.*Note: This resource includes links to YouTu
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Growing Bundle, Holidays, Countries, Video Lessons
Scatter Plots Lesson - Discovery Lab
A great lesson to introduce scatter plots is by having your students participate in a discovery lab. They will get to see the topic and discover it on their own in an engaging collaborative activity.
This resource includes:
-Background Building Activity
-A Discovery Activity
-Reflections Section
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Scatter Plots Activity Bundle
Carnival Probability Project
A project that feels like a game!
Students must create their own game, using probability to ensure THEY are favored to win....much like the house in a casino. Students can make games involving dice, spinners, cards, "fishing" ducks out of a pond, etc.
Assessed skills include: fundamental counting principal, theoretical probability, experimental probability, independent events, dependent events, creativity, writing, presentation. *Students must already know basic probability to complete this
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8th - 12th
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Normal Distribution in a real life context: Lake Tekapo Fish Mongers
Are you having trouble explaining what Normal distribution is and how it can be used in real life? Are your students craving a hands on activity that would make sense of this concept? Do you need an engaging project on statistics? Would you like an activity that already has enrichment, scaffolding and all of the material ready to go? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, this project is tailor made for you!Your students will assume a role of a research team for a fishing company.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Ultimate Basketball Learning Activity & Game - Data Management & Probability
DATA MANAGEMENT AND BASKETBALL!Can be used as a performance task for Data Management and Number Sense and Numeration! Want an exciting and fun activity to get students interested in Data Management? This is the resource for you! Combining competitive gameplay, exciting research, and fun this activity is a surefire way to get your class interested in Data Management. You'll create player profiles and using experimental probability determine the outcome of basketball games played between your
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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St Patrick's Day Math Mystery Multiplication & Division Word Problems Activity
Are you searching for an engaging math activity for your students to practice multi-step word problems using multiplication and division for St. Patrick’s Day? In this Mini Math Mystery Whodunnit Activity, your students will solve two step word problems focusing on multiplying and dividing while analyzing clues in The Case of The Missing Luck Charms!This would make a great Fun Friday activity, Test Prep, or a memorable Fun Math Day for you and your students.This fun and highly engaging St. Patri
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3rd - 5th
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Statistics Mode, Median, Mean, Range Worksheet for Math or Psychology
What's in the Hand: Activity makes learning mode, median, mean, and range fun. You will need two packs of playing cards in order to use 10 different variations. I use giant clothes pins to hold a total of 9 cards for each station. Each student gets a worksheet and is assigned to a group of 4-5 students. Students will complete the first rotation by figuring the mean, median, mode, and range, and then rotate to each other station in about 5 min intervals. At the end they will answer the questions
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5th - 12th
Casino Probability Project
Have your students demonstrate their understanding of probability by setting up a casino in your classroom with games created by the students. The casino currency can be candy, manipulative counters, or pennies (to be returned at the end of class).
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7th - 12th
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St. Patrick's Day Virtual Field Trip - Irish, Ireland
Fun and interactive activity to learn about St. Patrick's Day! There is also a supplemental handout to accompany the virtual field trip and a word search (both come in color & black and white)! This is a great, no prep activity for March.Looking for more ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Check out my Ireland & Northern Ireland virtual field trip!* Be sure to check out the video preview. NOTE: music clips are not available via the preview, but are available on the virtual field trip on
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Balance of Center | Mean as Fair Share Interactive Google Slides w/ Google Form
18 slides of different interactive activities giving students an opportunity to move around online math manipulatives to find the balance of center and mean as fair share. There is a google form that goes along with the slides so students can get instant feedback. Examples:- balancing a bar graph- balancing a dot plot- sharing money to find the fair share between four friends- moving marbles around in different jars to find the mean of marbles per jar- moving snap cubes to balance the four grou
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3rd - 8th
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Ireland & Northern Ireland Virtual Field Trip - Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Donegal
Detailed and exciting virtual field trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland! In Ireland you will explore Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny, Donegal, Killarney, the Cliffs of Moher. While in Northern Ireland, you will explore Belfast and Giant's Causeway. You will also learn about why Ireland and Northern Ireland are two separate countries! There is a fun, supplemental handout to accompany the virtual field trip, too! No prep!* Be sure to check out the video preview. NOTE: music clips are not available via the
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Not Grade Specific
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Using Probability to Teach Social Justice
This is an exploratory experiment/activity about basic probability. Students discover the differences between theoretical probability, experimental probability, and reality by taking a hard look at Stop and Frisk in urban areas. Students also deal with independent and dependent events.
By the end of the project, students will be able to:
Articulate the differences between theoretical and experimental probability through prediction and experimentation.
Articulate the differences between indep
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8th - 12th
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Simulating Health Insurance in America: Full Activity and Teacher Guide
Health Insurance in America: Rolling Dice, Expected Value, and RiskThis five part, mix-and-matchable, large group simulation activity illustrates the fundamental probability dynamics involved in the area of health insurance. In every part, students start with some money and a die (these can be physical or virtual, though virtual is easier) and roll to simulate whether they get sick. As the activity progresses through different rounds, students explore the following concepts and skills around sta
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9th - 12th
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Fantasy Baseball by Josh Hammond
This exciting and interactive unit is based in the Common Core State Standards - specifically covering the Statistics and Probability domain for 6th and 7th grade.
There are 10 lessons in all that teach students about probability, mean and median, statistical variation, and much more. Students will also build a team of players from scratch, participating in a live auction to do so. Students will then play interactive games against each other, and keep track of the player statistics through it a
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5th - 8th
Engineering St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Traps
Let's celebrate! Student teams will explore Newton's 3 Laws of Motion, simple machines, and Rube Goldberg-style engineering as they try to capture that pesky imp.
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Not Grade Specific
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Racial Profiling and Probability (Social Justice Math)
In this assignment, you will investigate racial profiling, or Driving While Black (DWB). African Americans and Latinos/as have complained, filed suit, and organized against what they believe are racist police practices—being stopped, searched, harassed, and arrested because they “fit” a racial profile—they are African American (Black) or Latino/a (Brown). But is this true? How do we know? And can mathematics be a useful tool in helping us answer this question?These questions will be answered usi
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7th - 12th
Key Performance Indicators Data Dashboard - Final Project
Student assignments are in three parts:Part 1: Print out KPI graphic organizer on 11x17 for students to draw sample charts showcased on presentation slides.Part 2: Virtual graphic organizer practice on Canva.Part 3 (this purchase): Final KPI Dashboard Canva template.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Key Performance Data Dashboards Bundle
St. Patrick's Day STEM Activity: Physical and Chemical Changes + Solutions
Your students have been asked to help a leprechaun restore his tarnished gold. In this STEM project students will use knowledge of physical and chemical changes plus solutions. This project contains criteria and constraints, allowing for open-ended design while exploring a specific standard. The materials list includes at least one item that doesn't work, so students can learn through trial and error. Includes:· Teacher guide · Projectable (or printable) scenario page· Student guide page· STEM
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Holiday Science Driven STEM and STEAM Activity Bundle
Winter Olympics - Random Number Simulation with Experimental Probability!
This is a collaborative learning activity where students will apply Random Number Simulation to see if their country will receive a medal in the next 10 Olympics!
Students will enhance their technology skills while researching past Olympic wins and losses for certain events. After compiling the existing results, students will run a simulation to gather data about the future Olympics.
Once they have gathered the data, they will find the experimental probability for different outcomes.
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6th - 9th
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Marble Activity
Fun activity to have students investigate and calculate probability.Using a Plinko-style board, students predict where the marble will drop. Probabilities are then found by breaking the board down into smaller versions and seeing how it relates to Pascal's Triangle to be able to determine the probabilities.There are questions related to the marble drop and probability, some questions about Plinko and an extension using The Wall game show.SMART Notebook presentation, word document and pdf version
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7th - 12th
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