Mathy Magic

Students will travel through five stations to reinforce the difference between experimental and theoretical probabilities. The five stations are as follows: 1. Deck of Cards 2. Flipping Two Coins 3. Drawing Candies from a Bag 4. Spinner 5. Rolling a Pair of Dice At Station 1, students determine the theoretical probability of drawing various cards, card types, and card combinations from the deck. At Station 2, students determine the theoretical probability of all possible outcomes that can come

Do your students have difficulty breaking down quadratic application problems? This handout breaks down the questions and helps students connect their knowledge of quadratic graphs to solving projectile application problems. By first identifying what each part of the graph represents in a real world context, students can then begin to decode the problems with no scaffolding from the teacher.

This introduction allows students to discover the definition of many words you will use in the polynomials unit without telling them outright.