Overview of Lesson In this lesson, students explore actual data from the 1969 Vietnam War Draft, which was used as a way for the Selective Service to prove to the United States public that the draft was a truly random way to choose who would be chosen to serve. But how truly random was it? In this investigation, students will simulate the way that men were chosen to be … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: Vietnam War Draft Probability Exploration
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Skew The Script: A Website Offering Socially Relevant Math Lessons
By Dashiell Young-Saver “You can take those candies and shove them up your …” These were the last words Michael spoke to me before leaving class and leaving high school—permanently. We were using candy to simulate sampling methods. It was my first year teaching high-school statistics and I was proud of myself for creating an interactive activity, rather than a boring … [Read more...] about Skew The Script: A Website Offering Socially Relevant Math Lessons