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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Grade 7
Probability and Statistics
10. The student recognizes that a physical or mathematical model (including geometric) can be used to describe the experimental and theoretical probability of real-life events.

Activities (1)

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