Making Predictions
Posted by Kathryn on 6th April and posted in Activites, Math, Pictures, Students
I’ve reached the section on probability in C1′s math book. I hate probability. I stunk at it in college. And I stunk at it even more in grad school (grumble grumble, basis of statistics). Any how, so I’m now teaching probability to C1.
One little section was on making predictions about the whole based on a small sample. To demonstrate this, I went to the corner convenient store and bought a couple of bags of snacks. I then dumped them all in a big bag. The goal of the activity was to predict which snack type occurred most frequently and least frequently. I made a paper that allowed them to graph their sample. Then they had to write a sentences with their predictions. Only then could they eat their snacks. I also bought soda, so we had a bit of a snack party.
