Lesson Plan: Experimental Probability
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to calculate an experimental probability using data from a probability experiment, a survey, or a sample and use it to estimate the expected number of times an event will occur.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- define a probability experiment,
- calculate the experimental probability of an event based on data from a past experiment, a survey, or a sample,
- use an experimental probability to estimate the expected number of times an event can occur.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- basic probability language such as the terms certain, likely, and impossible,
- using fractions to describe probabilities,
- theoretical probabilities.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- compound probabilities,
- writing probabilities as decimals.
