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Furbles	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	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,...
Directable Fire!!	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[2]
Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Central Limit Theorem Activity	Designing Samples (Probability & Statistics)+	Java Applet	Activity	[1]
This activity represents a very general demonstration of the effects of the Central Limit Theorem (CLT). The activity is based on the SOCR Sampling Distribution CLT Experiment and provides the capabil... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Plinko Probability	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Flash	Tool	[1]
Play Plinko and develop your knowledge of statistics. As the Plinko ball falls, it ricochets down a triangular grid of pegs. See the balls random walk through the lattice. Watch the histogram of final... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Fire!!	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Ball and Urn Experiment	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Simulates drawing balls from an urn, with or without replacement. Specify number of balls, number of red balls, and number drawn. Requires a MathPlayer plugin (free). More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Hamlet Happens	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Verify that rare events happen by drawing letters from a box. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Ball-Mixing Activity: 4 Balls ...	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
We have 4 balls--2 reds and 2 greens. We drop them randomly into 2 boxes. Are the colors mixed or separate? Use this applet to experiment. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Traffic Light Applet	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Experiment with probabilities of stopping under various conditions: number of traffic lights, slow or fast speed. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Poisson Experiment	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[4]
This applet allows the user to fix a rate and time interval for a Poisson process (counting the number of occurrences in a fixed time interval). Experimental and theoretical results, including expecte... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Spinners	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[3]
This virtual manipulative can be used to teach about chance and random choices. you. You may: spin the spinner; name areas of the spinner; change the colors used More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Coin Toss	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[3]
Explore probability concepts by simulating repeated coin tosses. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Mathematica and the Birthday P...	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Mathematica	Activity	[1]
This explains how to use Mathematica to do Monte Carlo simulations of the Birthday Probability problem. (If there are N people in a room, what is the probability that two of them share a birthday?) More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Biased Rectangles?	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Lesson Plan	[1]
Students explore one example of how bias affects the mean. This simulation increases students' understanding of the significance of sample size on the calculation of the mean. Exploring t... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability and Geometry	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Lesson Plan	[1]
Students learn about how probability can be represented using geometry. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Data and Story Library	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Computer	Support Material	[1]
Teachers use examples to illustrate statistics concepts. A good example can make a lesson on a particular statistics method vivid and relevant. DASL is designed to help teachers locate and identify da... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Triangle Experiment	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Simulates the probability that a stick broken into three pieces at random forms a triangle. Fairly sophisticated display (and discussion). Requires a MathPlayer plugin (free). More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Roulette Experiment	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Simulates rolling a roulette wheel. Types of bets are limited, but you can roll multiple times. Requires a MathPlayer plugin (free). More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Coin Toss	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)+	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
This activity allows the user to explore experimental probabilities by simulating a coin toss. View coin tosses as a list, table, or ratio, and choose whether to view results cumulatively. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Coin Toss	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Simulation of a coin toss allowing the user to input the number of flips, thereby exploring experimental and theoretical probabilities. Toss results can be viewed as a list of individual outcomes, rat... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Generate experimental probability results using a choice of a die, dice, spinner, suits, cards, or coin. Compare the experimental probability results to the theoretical probability. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
A Better Fire!	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)+	Java Applet	Tool	[3]
See the chaos theory played out in forest fire simulations. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability by surprise	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Activity	[1]
Great collection of java applets that allow students to discover probability through experiments. It also includes all course notes from a Stanford Stats course. Applets include "The Birthday Proble... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Wait for a Date	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Sketchpad	Activity	[1]
Students use Sketchpad to simulate a probability problem and then calculate a precise probability by reasoning about their model. The link to the activity itself is to a zip file that contains bo... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Box Model	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Using this virtual manipulative you may: add data points to the draw box; simulate random draws from a box; compare actual draws with probability More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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