Week 3 - Probability

Monday 10:00 - 10:50

  • Law of large numbers activity.
    • Split class into four groups. Give each an event, e.g.:
      • Get 3 heads in 5 coin tosses.
      • Draw two red cards in a hand of two cards.
      • Roll two dice and the minimum is less than 3.
    • Ask the groups to calculate the probability of the event occuring.
    • Ask the group to perform the experiment 20 times, recording the number of times the event occured.
    • Bring class together, in turn each group will explain how they calculates the probability of their event, and will input their data into a spreadsheet. This will show the long run average converging to the calcuated probability over time.
    • Wrap up by saying this is the law of large numbers.

Tuesday 09:00 - 10:50