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Ems480 Lessonplanformat
Ems480 Lessonplanformat
Language Objectives:
Students will be able to simulate experiments.
Students will be able to compare probabilities.
Students will be able to explain why experimental probabilities may differ from actual probabilities.
Essential Question:
How do experimental probabilities compare to actual probabilities?
Materials:
15 coins (enough for each partner group to have one)
Classroom set of laptops (enough for each partner group to have at least one)
Copies of warmup (one for each student)
Copies of task (enough for each partner group to have one)
Writing utensil
Calculator
Time What is the teacher doing? (Be sure to What are students doing? If they are
include questions the teacher will ask interacting with a technology tool or other
and academic language supports and materials, please describe.
details of technologies or
other materials used)
Warmup Talk about any announcements for the day. Asking possible questions about announcements.
10 minute Pass out warmup to all students. Do warmup and ask peers or teacher questions as
total Walk around and answer any individual needed.
(5 to work student questions.
and 5 to go Go over warmup as a class. (See attached Students volunteer to answer the questions on the
over as a file of warmup for answers) warmup.
class)
Ask students to all share their answer for the Possible answers: google “flip a coin”, online
last question. probability calculator, CODAP, online spin wheel
Presentations Possible questions to ask students as they ~2 minutes for each pair to present their findings
present:
30 minutes If you ran the CODAP simulation again,
would your results be the same? Answer teach or peer questions about investigation.
How do you know that your CODAP results
were truly random?
What did you learn about coin flipping?
Summarize Ask: Today we talked a lot about the Possible answers: dice rolls, colors on spin wheel,
day/exit probability of a coin. What else could we marbles
ticket simulate using CODAP?
EMS 480
10-15 minutes What was the biggest thing you learned Possible student answer: The experiment is not always
today about probability? the same as the actual but it could be
Ask: Using what you learned about flipping Students write answers and turn in as they leave.
one coin today, if I were to flip 2 coins at
the same time, what is the probability they Possible student answers: 0.25, still 0.5, less than 0.5.
would both be Heads? How could you Make 2 T’s and 2 H’s and run simulation, use only 2
model this in CODAP? Write your answer samples or items
on a sheet of paper and turn in on your way
out.