Sticks and Stones

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Sticks and Stones

Description:

Students will play Sticks and Stones, a game based on the Apache game "Throw Sticks," which was played at multi-nation celebrations. Students will collect data, investigate the likelihood of various moves, and use basic ideas of expected value to determine the average number of turns needed to win a game.

Education Levels:

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Subject:

Statistics, Probability

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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Keywords:

Data collection, Game-based learning, Apache Indians, Native American

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Illuminations

Contributor:

Samuel E. Zordak

Is Part Of:

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Stones, chips, or other markers (to create a circular game board); Popsicle sticks; Feathers, arrowheads, or other place markers

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Mathematics

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Observation

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

Statistics and Probability

Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.

5. Understand that the probability of a chance event is a number between 0 and 1 that expresses the likelihood of the event occurring. Larger numbers indicate greater likelihood. A probability near 0 indicates an unlikely event, a probability around 1/2 indicates an event that is neither unlikely nor likely, and a probability near 1 indicates a likely event.

Broad Correlation

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)

Data Analysis and Probability

Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them

collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments

Broad Correlation

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)

Data Analysis and Probability

Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them

represent data using tables and graphs such as line plots, bar graphs, and line graphs

Broad Correlation

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)

Data Analysis and Probability

Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data

propose and justify conclusions and predictions that are based on data and design studies to further investigate the conclusions of predictions

Broad Correlation

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)

Data Analysis and Probability

Understand and apply basic concepts of probability

compute probabilities for simple compound events, using such methods as organized lists, tree diagrams, and area models

Broad Correlation

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)

Data Analysis and Probability

Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them

select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data, including histograms, box plot, and scatterplots

Broad Correlation

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000)

Data Analysis and Probability

Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data

discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations, especially histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, box plots, and scatterplots

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