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Experiment with probability using a fixed size section spinner, a variable section spinner, two regular 6-sided dice or customized dice.
This worksheet is for use with the Playing with Probability lesson plan (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/lessons/PlayWithProbability/).
Simple Monty Hall (Activity)
Choose one of three doors to experimentally determine the odds of winning the grand prize behind one of the doors, as in the TV program "Let's Make a Deal." Parameters: Staying or switching between the two remaining doors.
This worksheet is for use with the lesson Fire: Modeling Probability (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/lessons/FireModelingProbability/).
Computing exact probabilities for the Racing Game leads to the formula for the probability of simultaneous events.
This worksheet is for use with the Monty Hall activity (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/GeneralizedMontyHall/).
Students use probability to determine how likely it is for each tree in a small simulated forest to catch on fire.
This worksheet is for use with the Crazy Choices Game activity (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/CrazyChoicesGame/).
This worksheet is for use with the Crazy Choices Game activity (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/CrazyChoicesGame/).
Directable Fire!! (Activity)
Run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree will set fire to each of its eight neighbors.
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