Probability Ideas

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Permalink Reply by nlowell on March 2, 2011 at 4:55pm

The best technology I know for this is "D&D dice."

 

The cube (six-sided) are so common that they don't grab any attention, but toss in a 4-side and a d-20 and then ask them to play with them. Will they learn anything?

 

Heh. What're the odds?

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Permalink Reply by R. Scott Young on March 11, 2011 at 2:07pm

There's not much out there.  I've found three activities.  Click on the following link to go to the math section of my web site and click on "Probability".

 

http://www.covenantworks.com/Bouncy-A/Math/index.htm 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Heidi Siwak on March 11, 2011 at 8:17pm

How about determining the odds of the technology that worked perfectly when you tested it, not working when the class begins?  Just a thought. :)

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Permalink Reply by Colleen Young on March 12, 2011 at 4:35am

Do you have links to some tools for dice / coin simulations?

 

I have a Diigo list for Stats & Probability - see the Tools and Calculators section.

 

See also the WaldoMaths site which has some excellent applets in both the 11-16 and 16-19 categories.

 

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