No Series: Probability: Can You Beat the Odds?

Probability: Can You Beat the Odds?

Lesson Objective: Students play various games to experience probability for themselves

Grade 7 / Math / Probability

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See how the coin toss activity leads to an understanding of 1/2 to the "nth" Why should students work with various materials such as coins, dice, and soccer balls to understand probability?
How does Mr. Heeley make the activities both hands-on and minds-on?

5 Comments

juli d Feb 6, 2019 5:09pm

Great video!

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Kori Frank Apr 10, 2017 2:00pm

Is there a way to download this video?

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Ismail Marul May 4, 2016 8:51pm

Hello everyone I was trying to open up the 'probability' in supporting materials on the right side, but it is redirecting to different side. Any idea why this happening?

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Julie Faye Brin Mar 16, 2016 2:14am

how to download the video?

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Latonia Nettles Jan 1, 2016 4:25pm

This was so exciting to watch. I can only imagine that the students can remember the concepts as well as discover how to use them in different situations.

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Summary

Award-winning Jonny Heeley, offers some inspiring ways of simplifying probability - one of the most challenging parts of the GCSE

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Summary

Award-winning Jonny Heeley, offers some inspiring ways of simplifying probability - one of the most challenging parts of the GCSE math curriculum.
Jonny uses a variety of games and challenges to excite and entertain his group of gifted and talented Year 10 students. His ideas also provide teachers with some accessible new methods of teaching the subject.
Jonny won The Guardian Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in North of England in 2007.

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