Activities related to 5-8 Probability Standard 5
"develop an appreciation for the pervasive use of probability in the real world."
| Direct Link to Activity/Page | Description of How Actitvity Meets the NCTM Standards |
| How Large is Pennsylvania? | To further increase the relevance of this activity to the lives of students, we would change the activity to investigate the size of a familiar geographic area--for example, Wisconsin, Eau Claire, or the school. |
| Cereal box problem using TI-83 | Promotional advertisements are a large part of students' lives. All students will no doubt have experienced some type of "cereal box promotion" in their lives. |
| Rock,Paper,Scissors | Real world discussion--contests with a "1 in 12" chance of winnning--what does this mean? |
| Take a Chance Probability Project | A real world problem entitled Perry Probability |
| Do you want to Bet? | A real world problem using card decks. |
| Chance News | This is a newsletter created as a resource for probability in the news. The information and questions will be used to provoke discussion about the topics and the probability issues underlying in the topics. This site should be great in creating students' interest and relating probability to the real world. |
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