Probability Games

Have your students learn about probability by letting them explore how and why it works! Make groups of 3 and introduce them to their first game: Flip two coins at the same time. If two heads are showing, player 1 gets a point. If two tails are showing, player 2 gets a point. If one tail and one head are showing, player three gets a point. Play the game for at least 20 rounds and have each group keep score. At the end of the game ask the groups if the game was fair, and to explain how they know. As you may know, this game is not fair because player 3's combination of a head and a tail will appear more often than the other combinations. Try to see if your students can figure out why. This is just one example of how you could introduce probability to your middle school students. Let the students play with probability - they will "probably" enjoy the unit more and remember what they learned for longer.



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