Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Forest density, wind direction, size of forest.
Audiences:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate
Primary Subjects:
Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability
Related Topics:
agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, iteration, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, simulation, skewed distribution, variance
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
