tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post1984744236413220247..comments2023-05-25T05:57:50.146-07:00Comments on Fast Times of a Middle School Math Teacher: Probability Carnival Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11954111305273372613noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-89615008663641352172019-04-15T07:26:36.972-07:002019-04-15T07:26:36.972-07:00NiceNiceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403566893124328810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-40962905061806057202018-05-15T05:36:52.522-07:002018-05-15T05:36:52.522-07:00I love the idea of having a probability carnival. ...I love the idea of having a probability carnival. Last year, I taught a unit on probability and could not come up with a good enough, fun, interactive or hands-on activity. Your idea is by far the best one I have come across. I like how you had the students come up with the probability games. That is an even better idea so that you don’t have to reinvent a handful of different activities. I like that you gave the students the responsibility and the creativity. The variety of games your students came up with covered the basics of probability with the dice, spinner and randomly choosing an item type of games. They were all awesome from your descriptions and pictures. I also liked that you had other students from other classes come to play the games. I think this would also work on a larger scale for something similar to an expo. At my school we are in teams, we could have the whole team come and play the different probability games for a team activity. I overall love your idea and cannot wait to try this in my own classroom. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703360252024566372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-19902879235161615092018-04-09T20:49:34.884-07:002018-04-09T20:49:34.884-07:00very wonderful
Can you send to me how to make such...very wonderful<br />Can you send to me how to make such gamesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374271094125598505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-48163968134176538362018-04-08T10:23:14.442-07:002018-04-08T10:23:14.442-07:00What a great activity for your unit. I would love...What a great activity for your unit. I would love to do something like this with my students. Would you be willing to share your rubric with me?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17097360096403933658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-55168712029199355562017-09-09T08:02:39.766-07:002017-09-09T08:02:39.766-07:00I love this idea! It is far more engaging than jus...I love this idea! It is far more engaging than just going through the lessons and taking a test at the end of the probability chapter. My seventh graders always seem to struggle to grasp probability concepts, even with hands-on activities. I think creating the situations themselves will facilitate a deeper experience with the concepts. The one thing I wonder about is that you pointed out many of the activities revolves around marbles in a bag. Could you institute some sort of sign up to generate more variety? AWilson_Teachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632588324016111649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-18065990247118815772017-02-20T04:13:10.469-08:002017-02-20T04:13:10.469-08:00Would you be willing to share your rubric? I love ...Would you be willing to share your rubric? I love this idea, but have never implemented something like this before!AlexisMargulishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377585377472525314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-69926588177336562742016-05-20T19:42:13.922-07:002016-05-20T19:42:13.922-07:00Can you share your project description?Can you share your project description?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02370254255418219569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-46752251371449963762016-04-27T10:11:43.486-07:002016-04-27T10:11:43.486-07:00This is perfect as one of my math teachers came up...This is perfect as one of my math teachers came up with a similar idea yesterday and wanted me to look into it. Can you share any of the information, handouts, rubrics, etc, that were given to students??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18310197324933903868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-41499315403129258982016-04-19T13:02:47.177-07:002016-04-19T13:02:47.177-07:00How do you get your students started on this proje...How do you get your students started on this project? What information/what do you teach beforehand?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-38025398231933840642016-04-18T08:06:14.759-07:002016-04-18T08:06:14.759-07:00What a great way to teach probability! I am curren...What a great way to teach probability! I am currently a college student looking forward to becoming a teacher. Currently, in my math class we have been discussing how making Math not only fun, but also relevant to life is the way we get students interested in math as well as teach them to be life long math learners. Although, I hope all my future students wont be starting casinos out of their homes, this is a great way to make math real. The student not only have to understand probability to make a game, but this allowed them a hands-on experience in probability. I also enjoyed that other students were invited into your classroom to participate. This gave your students a live audience to experience if their game was fair or if the "house" had an advantage. Great project! One thing I am left wondering is how did you get your students to have such a variety of games? Did you only allow a certain number of dice games, spinner games, etc? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217576219236906038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-85844234024891525182016-04-12T09:34:48.063-07:002016-04-12T09:34:48.063-07:00This sounds perfect for my upcoming lesson! Would...This sounds perfect for my upcoming lesson! Would you mind sharing your directions and rubric?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277011350455934707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-76355801425870164832016-04-12T09:33:44.066-07:002016-04-12T09:33:44.066-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277011350455934707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-11223488130154654862015-12-12T09:32:43.527-08:002015-12-12T09:32:43.527-08:00Was there any discussion about what a "fair&q...Was there any discussion about what a "fair" game is, or were they asked to describe if they had created a "fair" game?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-71117381046474200802015-04-22T14:22:02.788-07:002015-04-22T14:22:02.788-07:00I love this idea. Would you mind sharing your rubr...I love this idea. Would you mind sharing your rubric/directions sheet? Or do you have a tpt site?mSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060769361313500411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-16199684906129181702015-03-17T05:37:38.501-07:002015-03-17T05:37:38.501-07:00This is great! I love how much fun this is! I was ...This is great! I love how much fun this is! I was wondering how you got so much variety? Did you provide ideas of different kinds of games that they could choose and give them freedom from there? or did they just do research and decide something purely from that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-36727592833353465742014-12-27T06:42:42.105-08:002014-12-27T06:42:42.105-08:00Great post! Thanks so much! Please check out my si...Great post! Thanks so much! Please check out my site if you have a moment. <br /><br />www.diaryofafirstyearteacher.comAstihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211659022489249882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-26196909002454143672014-10-16T14:38:51.275-07:002014-10-16T14:38:51.275-07:00What a fun way to teach probability to the student...What a fun way to teach probability to the students!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04669058070102458238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-1671670528734533962014-08-16T13:29:06.785-07:002014-08-16T13:29:06.785-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03001880343217937949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-43849738087306947892014-07-02T08:02:29.353-07:002014-07-02T08:02:29.353-07:00This is great! I am your newest follower...I can&#...This is great! I am your newest follower...I can't wait to check out your blog and to see what other great ideas you post!<br /><br />Christine<br /><a href="http://themathnerdette.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Math Nerdette</a>The Math Nerdette - Christine Baughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587791612706801745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093207295251486386.post-85919294937680133602014-06-10T11:23:11.487-07:002014-06-10T11:23:11.487-07:00What a great idea!! Along with creating the games,...What a great idea!! Along with creating the games, have you every had students create probability problems as well. These could be compiled into a 'Carnival Assessment' of some sort : )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340730201916205981noreply@blogger.com