One project that a fellow teacher introduced me to is a Carnival Project. Basically, the students come up with their own carnival game, make it, then perform analyses on it. It started a lot of very good conversations about probability (conditional, independent, so on and so forth...).
Here is the description of the project. You can download a copy for free on this website.
Carnival Game Project
I also made rubrics for each of the three sections. I will have to post this later since I don't have them at the moment. Stay tuned!
**Update 1/15**
Here are the rubrics for the project. Each of the three sections had a different rubric.
Proposal Rubric
Working Model Rubric
Report Rubric
Here are some of the amazing things that the students came up with. We had two days where the teams "presented" their games and everyone played them. If you can, invite other classes and teachers to come and enjoy the games as well. The students love to eat, and almost all of them brought candy prizes without prompting. Let's just say, I consumed too many calories those days! Too fun!
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| Galton Board (very interesting) |
Happy teaching probability!
Hi Kelsey. I love this idea!! And would love to try it out! How long did it take for the students to finish the project from the planning process to the finish?? Also do you have any examples of the maths behind the games your students created... Like the experimental/theoretical probabilities or data collection they drew up? I'm teaching a weak maths class and wonder if this would be too difficult for them?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your interest. The great thing about this project is that they can make it as easy or as difficult as they want to. Some groups decide to do something very simple (throwing 2 die and looking for a matching number) or complicated (throwing a bean bag into different holes. Smaller holes probability is based on area of board). I am actually in the middle of doing this project with my seniors right now. Stay tuned for some more examples (including the math). Good luck!
DeleteHello! I love this idea and would like to try this with my grade 8 class. I cannot download your documents, however. Is there any chance you could email them to me? candicewiens@gmail.com
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