This week we are learning about probability. On Monday we discussed the concepts of certain, impossible, possible, likely, and unlikely, and how they relate to probability. On Tuesday we did 2 probability activities. The first activity had to do with candy and the second activity had to do with socks. Obviously the kids liked the candy activity the best! :) The students were divided into 6 groups of 3. Each group was given a brown bag with 10 colored candies in it. There were 6 orange candies (some groups had red because there wasn't enough oranges to go around), 3 purple candies and 1 white candy. They took turns pulling candy out of the bag and had a data sheet that they were to use tally marks on to keep track of the colors they pulled. They did this 20 - 30 times. In the end, they were to see that the orange/red colored candies were picked the most and the white candy was picked least. Unfortunately, some groups tally charts didn't follow this rationale. But this lead into a discussion that this was just a small sampling, and that if you were to do this 100 or 200 times, you would have had a more accurate outcome. Everyone had fun with the activity, and it was a great opportunity for me to take some pictures of the class too! :)
