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Modeling the Cereal Box Proble...	Probability (Math 6)		Activity	[1]
An activity using a die and a tally sheet to model the cereal box problem. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Equally Likely (Fair) Choice D...	Probability (Math 6)	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
The proper meaning of the term "fair." More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Polyhedra Discussion	Probability (Math 6)	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
Questions about dice lead to a discussion of polyhedra and geometric probability. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability and Outcome Discus...	Probability (Math 6)	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
Introduction and initial discussion of the concept of probability. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability vs. Statistics Dia...	Probability (Math 6)	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
Defining, comparing and contrasting probability and statistics. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Random Number Generators Dialo...	Probability (Math 6)	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
Different methods for random fair choice between several numbers. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Ask Dr. Math: FAQ: Introductio...	Probability (Math 6)	Computer	Support Material	[0]
An introduction to basic concepts of probability. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Ask Dr. Math: FAQ: Probability...	Probability (Math 6)	Computer	Support Material	[0]
An introduction to the uses of probability in everyday life, including: weather forecasting, flipping coins, batting averages, lightning strikes, and the lottery. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Flipacoin.net	Probability (Math 6)	Computer	Tool	[0]
Flip a single coin: choose from 91 virtual coins from 28 different countries. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Introduction to Probability	Probability of event (Math 6)	Computer	Activity	[0]
A series of experiments with guiding questions. A spinner and dice are included on the page. The page concludes with follow-up exercises to check your understanding. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Ken White's Coin Flipping Page	Probability (Math 6)	Computer	Tool	[0]
Choose pennies or dimes, and the number of coins to flip, and see a results page for that experiment. With a table of previous results. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Play with Bees Information for...	Probability (Math 6)	Computer	Lesson Plan	[0]
Suggestions of question prompts to provide students as they use Play with Bees, one of the Alive Maths microworlds. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability	Probability of event (Math 6)	Computer	Support Material	[0]
Collection of illustrated descriptions, with problems for students to work out, for automated feedback. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Chase Me	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Tool	[0]
Roll two dice and see if the hare can catch the tortoise. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Chase Me Lesson Plan	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Lesson Plan	[0]
Students experiment with a dice game to predict outcomes. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Duplicate Birthdays	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Tool	[0]
This Flash-based simulation randomly generates birthdays and checks for a match. It can repeatedly generate the same number of birthdays to allow, for example, the determination of how large a group ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Four Door Problem	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Tool	[0]
Simulation of the Four Door Problem, a variation of the so-called "Monty Hall Problem" with four doors instead of three. The user is presented with four closed doors, behind exactly one of which lies... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Furbles	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Tool	[2]
Furbles are fun and engaging creatures for use on interactive whiteboards with students of all ages. They were originally designed for statistics, probability and logic to teach students about char... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Galton's Quincunx	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Tool	[0]
Francis Galton was a pioneer in the study of heredity and statistics. His quincunx (a pattern of five dots, as on dice) is modeled in this Flash activity. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
MathThink - Activity Dice Diff...	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Activity	[1]
This an applet for determining the expectation of winning if differences of 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 are used to set up a dice game. For instance, if Player A has 1, 2, and 3 as differences, does he have an ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Tool	[0]
The 'Probability' module looks at the probability scale (from 0 to 1) and uses fractions to represent probability. It also touches on using percentages and decimals to express probabilities, by conver... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Rock, Paper, Scissors	Probability (Math 6)+	Flash	Tool	[0]
This is a simple online version of the game rock, paper, scissors. The webpage includes a background of the game, rules and an applet complete with images of hands showing rock (closed fist), paper (f... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
SKUNK Game	Probability (Math 6)+	Flash	Tool	[1]
The game of SKUNK involves 5 rounds (the letters S,K,U,N,K). A pair of dice is rolled and students accumulate points represented by the sum of the numbers on the dice. At the start of the... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Socks in the Dryer	Probability of event (Math 6)	Flash	Tool	[0]
Simulation of a probability problem: four pairs of socks of four different colors are run through a dryer, which eats four socks at random every time. Activities ask students to estimate the probabil... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Strings	Probability (Math 6)	Flash	Activity	[1]
Simulates the problem of the probability of n loops forming if the ends of 4 strings are tied together. Students see a "bag" with 8 string ends randomly dispersed. Clicking on two ends ties t... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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