Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 7 by Jo Boaler & Jen Munson & Cathy Williams

Author:Jo Boaler & Jen Munson & Cathy Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119358015
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2019-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

Reference

Boaler, Jo. (2016). Mathematical mindsets: Unleashing students’ potential through creative math, inspiring messages, and innovative teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

What's the Chance of That?

Snapshot

Students find and compare the theoretical and experimental probabilities for tossing a cube onto different colored regions of a painting, connecting probability to area.

Connection to CCSS

7.SP.7, 7.SP.6, 7.SP.5

Agenda

Activity Time Description/Prompt Materials

Launch 10 min Show students the What's the Chance of That? image and ask, If I were to toss a bead onto this image, which color would it be most (and least) likely to land on? Why? Make connections between area and probability. What's the Chance of That? sheet, to display

Explore 30+ min Groups explore the probability of a cube landing on each color of the What's the Chance of That? painting by analyzing the painting and conducting experiments. Students develop ways of finding and expressing probability. Groups compare their experimental and theoretical probabilities. What's the Chance of That? sheet (full color or wireframe), one per group

Centimeter cube or other small object for tossing, one per group

Books or other objects for forming a border around the image, for each group

Optional: colors

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