By Venessa N. Singhroy and Rommel Robertson, Queensborough Community College Overview of Lesson Students will learn about the concept of randomness and see how human decision-making contrasts with computer-generated choices. They will also explore the law of large numbers through graphs and be exposed to the Chi Square Goodness-of-Fit test. This lesson also incorporates … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: Human vs. Machine: Unveiling Randomness with Data Visualization and Stats
Law of Large Numbers
Lesson Plan: The Egg Roulette Game
By Amanda Walker (Grades 9-12+) This lesson, published in August of 2017, uses a probability game and computer simulations to explore the law of large numbers, conditional events, sampling distributions, and the central limit theorem. Video clips from "The Tonight Show" are shown to students in which Jimmy Fallon plays the egg roulette game with celebrities. Students play … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: The Egg Roulette Game
Sharing a Birthday: Technology-Supported Investigations in Middle School
By Dusty Jones My daughters Rosalie and Lucy share a birthday, but they are not twins. Rosalie is two years older than Lucy. Most people find this surprising, but my uncle Bruce and his son Jesse also share a birthday. Actually, according to Facebook, I have a few friends who share my birthday. Although it is clearly possible for two people to share a birthday, our … [Read more...] about Sharing a Birthday: Technology-Supported Investigations in Middle School