Aligned Resources

Virginia Standards of Learning
7th Grade
Probability and Statistics
7.18 The student will make inferences, conjectures, and predictions based on analysis of a set of data.

Activities (2)

Run a simulation of how a fire spreads through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Track the results of multiple burns and use the data to draw conclusions.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Modeling, Probability, Statistics

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, probability simulation, simulation, theoretical probability

Run a simulation to generate results from running the Monty Hall for multiple trials. This is similar to the game show "Let's Make A Deal", where you choose one of N doors in hopes of finding a grand prize behind one of the doors. Parameters: Number of doors, number of trials, staying, or switching between the two remaining doors.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: conditional probability, events, experimental probability, fair, monty hall, outcomes, probability simulation, random number, simulation, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials