Unit+Overview

OVERVIEW
 * **Unit Title** ||
 * Is Life Really Fair...Take A Chance! ||
 * **Unit Summary** ||
 * Have you ever heard, “That’s not fair” during a game? Any good game must be fair so that each player has an equal chance at winning. Have you ever told your parents "That's not fair" when you have to do chores? Can you come up with a FAIR way to distribute chores among siblings? During this unit, students will learn about the mathematical notion of fairness while participating in activities and games of chance. Students will understand the idea of experimental and theoretical probability by taking part in a series of activities. Students will utilize new vocabulary through the involvement in these games and activities. As a final product, students will design a fair and creative game to assign chores that must be completed at home. Parents and students will be given a contract that details the use of a payment schedule and the contribution of payments to charity. ||
 * **Subject Area** ||
 * MATH/ Probability and Data Collection SCIENCE/ Data Collection and Technological Design ||
 * **Grade Level** ||
 * Sixth Grade, Regular Math and Accelerated Math /Science ||
 * **Approximate Time Needed** ||
 * 6 Weeks ||
 * **Unit Foundation** ||
 * **Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks** ||
 * **Mathematics NC SCS:**
 * Sixth Grade, Regular Math and Accelerated Math /Science ||
 * **Approximate Time Needed** ||
 * 6 Weeks ||
 * **Unit Foundation** ||
 * **Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks** ||
 * **Mathematics NC SCS:**
 * **Unit Foundation** ||
 * **Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks** ||
 * **Mathematics NC SCS:**
 * **Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks** ||
 * **Mathematics NC SCS:**
 * **Mathematics NC SCS:**

Objective 4.01 Develop fluency with counting strategies to determine the sample space for an event. Include lists, tree diagrams, frequency distribution tables, permutations, combinations, and the Fundamental Counting Principle. Objective 4.02 Use a sample space to determine the probability of an event. Objective 4.03 Conduct experiments involving simple and compound events. Objective 4.04 Determine and compare experimental and theoretical probabilities for simple and compound events.


 * Science NC SCS:**

Goal 1 The learner will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry. Goal 2 The learner will demonstrate an understanding of technological design.

Goal 4 The learner will use critical thinking skills and create criteria to evaluate print and non-print materials. || How can I find out an events’ probability? What does it really mean to take a chance? || How do you measure the likelihood of an event? How do you determine and represent probable outcomes? What is the difference between experimental and theoretical probability? ||
 * English Language Arts NC SCS:**
 * **Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes** ||
 * Students will be able to:
 * Know what probability is and define its properties
 * Recognize whether events are equally likely, unlikely, or certain.
 * Collect, organize, and analyze data to investigate events involving chance
 * Experiment to find frequency of an event and use findings to make predictions
 * Recognize that larger number of trials produce better estimates of relative frequencies of events
 * Investigate probabilities using organized lists, tree diagrams, permutations/combinations and the FCP
 * Find experimental probabilities for randomly pulling items from a bag
 * Determine theoretical probabilities for a variety of activities and compare to experimental probabilities.
 * Understand that in a fair game, each player has an equal probability of winning
 * Decide whether a game is fair or unfair by using frequencies and data analysis
 * Present as a part of a collaborative group ||
 * **Curriculum-Framing Questions** ||
 * **Essential Question** ||
 * Is Life Really Fair? ||
 * **Unit Questions** ||
 * How probable is an event?
 * **Essential Question** ||
 * Is Life Really Fair? ||
 * **Unit Questions** ||
 * How probable is an event?
 * **Unit Questions** ||
 * How probable is an event?
 * How probable is an event?
 * **Content Questions** ||
 * What is probability?
 * **Content Questions** ||
 * What is probability?