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Experimental Probability

Lesson Plan: The Gumball Machine

December 5, 2016

By Alexander White, M. Alejandra Sorto, and Rini Oktavia (Grades K–12+) Originally published in April 2014, this lesson gives students the opportunity to explore and discuss the variation that occurs in sampling. Students are asked to imagine a gumball machine contains 1 red, 2 green, 3 yellow, and 4 blue gumballs that were thoroughly mixed before they were put into the … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: The Gumball Machine

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