Microteach Lesson Plan

Teacher
Name
Subject
Area
Topic
General
Learner
Outcome(s)

Tanner Tolman
Math
Probability

Date
Grad
e
Time

June 8th/2015
8
15 minutes

Use experimental or theoretical probabilities to represent and solve

problems involving uncertainty.

Taken from Alberta

Program of Studies

Specific
Learner
Outcome(s)

Solve problems involving the probability of independent events.

Taken from Alberta

Program of Studies

Learning
Objectives
What do you want
your students to
learn?

Assessment
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your students have
learned?

Materials
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you need?

Introduction

Students will:
Learn how to effectively use fractions to determine
probability
How to bring fractions to their lowest terms
Using fractions to determine percent probability

The students will check each others chances to

determine their probability.

Paper, Pens, dice

So students, who here has seen the movie or read the

books The Hunger Games?. As you all know there is
an event called the Reaping where young men and
women between the ages of 12-18 are selected to
enter the Hunger Games where they essentially have
to kill each other, and survive the games and its traps.
Each year you got older, you had to add 1 more slip
into the reaping. You had to put in more slips in the
reaping if you required additional food. (1 minute)

So for example if there were a total 1000 total young

men and women, equally distributed between age and
gender, what is the probability of each age and
gender? Have students help in calculating numbers for
each column.
ED 2500 Orientation to Teaching
Instructor: Kurtis Hewson

**Draw table for age group male or female/number of

name slips/total number of name slips/probability of
being reaped/probability lowest terms (3-4 minutes)

So next we are going to be playing the The Hunger

Games of Probability
Body

In the actual reaping the older you are the more name
slips you are to be put into the bowl. So we are going
to modify this a little bit buy saying what month you
are born determines the amounts of name slips you
have to put into the bowl. Also In the reaping, the
amount of times you needed to get extra food, added
more slips in the game. So each of you will have to roll
dice. You will then add the number on the die, to
number associated with the month of the year.

January-12 slips
Febuary-11 slips
March- 10 slips
April- 9 Slips
May- 8 Slips
June- 7 Sips
July- 6 Slips
August- 5 slips
September- 4 slips
October-3 slips
November- 2 slips
December- 1 slip

So for the sake of numbers we will group up in groups

of 4, I will number you off. 1, 2, 3, 4. Now what you are
going to do is determine the chances that you will be
reaped in the Hunger Games of Probability. To do you
have to find out how many slips you have, and as a
group ad each of your numbers together. Now express
that fraction in lowest terms. Then for each name
calculate your percentage of being reaped in the
Hunger Games of Probability. How are the odds in
your favor? (7-8 minutes)
ED 2500 Orientation to Teaching
Instructor: Kurtis Hewson

Closure

Additional Ideas for extra time:

Have the students put the names in gender specific
bowls, and draw names to see who gets chosen for the
hunger games!
What was the maximum number of slips a person could
have?
What was the minimum a person could have? (1-2
minutes)
Do a quick review of what all they learned when
playing the game. Encourage discussion about how this
could be applied in a real life scenario. Encourage them
to play at home with their families to get family
involvement with their schoolwork. (1- minute)

ED 2500 Orientation to Teaching

Instructor: Kurtis Hewson