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Theoretical vs. Experimental Probability Stations Activity
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What better way to teach your students the difference between theoretical and experimental probability?! Simply have them complete the experiments themselves!

This fun and hands-on stations activity will allow students to experience and understand the difference between theoretical and experimental probability.

This activity requires you to gather some tangible items such as: a spinner, dice, multi-colored chips, plastic cups, and a deck of cards; however, the collaboration and student engagement makes it all worth it in the end!

This resource includes both teacher and student instructions for in-person learning, and also comes with remote teaching instructions for flexible use! Simply switch out the materials needed with virtual manipulatives.

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Theoretical vs. Experimental Probability Stations Activity

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What others say

"Are we playing games or doing math? My kids could hardly tell the difference. They had a blast with this!"
star
Lindy D.

Description

What better way to teach your students the difference between theoretical and experimental probability?! Simply have them complete the experiments themselves!

This fun and hands-on stations activity will allow students to experience and understand the difference between theoretical and experimental probability.

This activity requires you to gather some tangible items such as: a spinner, dice, multi-colored chips, plastic cups, and a deck of cards; however, the collaboration and student engagement makes it all worth it in the end!

This resource includes both teacher and student instructions for in-person learning, and also comes with remote teaching instructions for flexible use! Simply switch out the materials needed with virtual manipulatives.

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Are we playing games or doing math? My kids could hardly tell the difference. They had a blast with this!
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Develop a probability model and use it to find probabilities of events. Compare probabilities from a model to observed frequencies; if the agreement is not good, explain possible sources of the discrepancy.
Develop a probability model (which may not be uniform) by observing frequencies in data generated from a chance process. For example, find the approximate probability that a spinning penny will land heads up or that a tossed paper cup will land open-end down. Do the outcomes for the spinning penny appear to be equally likely based on the observed frequencies?
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