Math Probability Lessons & Games for Kids

Probability Lessons & Games for Kids

These 15+ websites provide lessons, games, interactivities and extended activities to kids of all ages on the math of probability.  There are a variety of games and interactives to help young kids explore the basic concepts of probabiility, and more in-depth lessons, videos and worksheets for older students.  Some of the websites provide accompanying lesson plans and worksheets.

 
 
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Bamzooki Probability Game

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Author/Host of Website

BBC Schools
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Use probability to help guess the likelihood of a Zook winning the BAMZOOKi race. Kids use this interactive game to learn probability vocabulary terms: certain, very likely, even,...
 
 
Basics of Probability

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Author/Host of Website

BBC Skillswise
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
Learn why and how we use probability. There is an introductory video, fact sheets explaining the basics of probability and quizzes to help you apply this knowledge to...
 
 
BBC Maths:  Probability

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Author/Host of Website

CBBC, United Kingdome
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
The site provides a review of probability, probability scales and working out probability. There are activities in which the student calculates probability, followed by a quiz. There is...
 
 
BBC Probability

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Author/Host of Website

BBC Schools
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle (6-8)
Here are reviews (revisions), activities and tests on probability concepts. These include describing probabilities and probability scales, finding probabilities, experimental probability, probability surveys, sum of probabilities, and combined...
 
 
Chances

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Author/Host of Website

NCES.ed.gov
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary and Middle (K-8)
Is your ability to guess the total when you roll the dice based just on chance or is there some probability of how frequently you will roll different numbers?...
 
 
Grade 6 Probability

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Author/Host of Website

Math 6 Spy Guys/learnalberta.ca
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle (6-8)
Grade 6 Spy Guys introduces students to theoretical probability and provides some practice problems for students to work. The notes for parents provide suggestions for activities to extend...
 
 
Interactive Coin Toss

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Author/Host of Website

Shodor.org
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Kids can explore experimental probabilities with this simulated coin toss activity. Select the number of tosses. Then arrange the results in a list, table or ratio. ...
 
 
Math Interactives in Probability

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Author/Host of Website

Learnalberta.ca
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle (6-8)
These two probability interactives with accompanying worksheets are designed for students in grades 6-8. In the first activity, Toads and Vines, students explore outcomes from rolling a die,...
 
 
Mudd Math Fun Facts: Probability

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Author/Host of Website

Francis Su/Harvey Mudd College Math Department
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
This college website offers a variety of probability problems with solutions. There are recommendations for teachers on presentation of the problems, suggested student projects and the math behind the...
 
 
Probability and Genetics

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Author/Host of Website

Kids DO Science/U. of Georgia
Type of Educational Content

Lesson Plan
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Upper Elementary (3-5)
This cross-curricular unit is designed for kids in grades 4-5 to learn about probability while studying the likelihood of the genetic trait of eye color in mice. Detailed...
 
 
Probability and Statistics Flexbook

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Author/Host of Website

Anoka Hennepin/CK12.org
Type of Educational Content

Book
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
High (9-12)
This online textbook provides a foundation for introductory coursework on probability and statistics. Lessons pertaining to probability are included in Chapter 1, 2, and 3: Counting Methods, Calculating...
 
 
Probability Central

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Author/Host of Website

ThinkQuest.org
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
Learn about the math of probability, then play Probability Poker to improve your skills at calculating probabilities at Probability Central. The Learning Section provides an introduction to probability,...
 
 
Probability Games

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Author/Host of Website

William P. Watson/btwaters.com
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
There are five games of probability. Each has an accompanying background and explanation for how to estimate the probability of winning them. There are two coin games,...
 
 
Probability Manipulatives

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Author/Host of Website

MathPlayground.com
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Upper Elementary (3-5)
Use the spinner to determine probabilities for landing on different colors. You can record the results of your spins on a histogram. You have the option to...
 
 
Probability Problems

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Author/Host of Website

Cut-the-Knot.org
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
High (9-12)
Cut-the-Knot.org provides in-depth high-level explanations of probability theory, puzzles and problems. These include discussions of intuitive probability, conditional probability, binomial distribution, geometric probability, Sicherman Dice, Bayes' Theorem, dependent...
 
 
 
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