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California Content Standards
Grade 6
Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability
3.0 Students determine theoretical and experimental probabilities and use these to make predictions about events

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Lessons (1)

Students learn about the concepts and applications of chaos.

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

Primary Subjects: Geometry, Probability

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

Activities (2)

Create a game spinner with variable sized sectors to look at experimental and theoretical probabilities. Parameters: Sizes of sectors, number of sectors, number of trials.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Probability, Statistics

Related Topics: angles, circle graph, circles, counting, decimals, events, experimental probability, fair, geometric probability, outcomes, percentages, percents, pie chart, probability simulation, simulation, spinner, statistics, theoretical probability

Experiment with probability using a fixed size section spinner, a variable section spinner, two regular 6-sided dice or customized dice.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Probability, Statistics

Related Topics: circles, events, experimental probability, fair, fractions, geometric probability, outcomes, percentages, probability simulation, random number, simulation, spinner, statistics, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials