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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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
Coin Toss	Simulating 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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
A Better Fire!	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[3]
See the chaos theory played out in forest fire simulations. 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,...
The Birthday Problem	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Simulation of the probability of a group of size n having all different birthdays. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Chocolate Chip Simulation	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Simulate random placement of any number of chocolate chips on 100 cookies. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Plinko: Probability from a TV ...	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	JavaScript	Tool	[1]
This tool simulates Plinko, from "The Price Is Right." Three different applets are included, for single-game through multiple game explorations. Calculator programs for TI-83 and TI-89 are also incl... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Coupon Collector Problem	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Simulates drawing from a fixed set, with replacement, until all items of the set are drawn (also known as "cereal box problem"). User may choose from 6-sided die, 42 Mahjong tiles, or 52 playing card... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Replacement and Probability	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Lesson Plan	[1]
Extends the notion of conditional probability by discussing the effects of replacement on drawing multiple objects. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Central Limit Theorem Activity	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Activity	[0]
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,...
Random Number Generation	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Activity	[0]
This activity describes the need, the general methods and the SOCR utilities for random number generation and simulation. SOCR Modeler allows interactive sampling from any SOCR Distribution. The simu... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exploring the Birthday Paradox...	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	TI Calculator	Activity	[0]
This lesson plan presents an activity which demonstrates the birthday paradox, using it as a springboard into a unit on probability. Explanation on the difficulty with probability; Use of the TI-83 gr... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exploring Mathematics with the...	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	TI-83/TI-84	Activity	[0]
This book includes activities that ask students to predict the results of the planned simulation. Students will carry out numerous trials of the simulation using the Probability Simulation Applicat... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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