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Here are some specific activities, investigations or visual aids we have picked out. Click anywhere in the grey area to access the resource.

• Pin Drop Estimate the probability of a drawing pin landing point up from experimental data.
• Snail Race Projectable Twelve snails have a race based on the sum of two dice. This is the teachers' version of the race simulation.
• The Maths of Gambling Gambling is never a good idea and this activity might help you understand the mathematics involved.

Here is an exam-style questions on this statement:

• "Derren thinks he is a mind reader and can tell what Paige is thinking. An experiment was conducted to test this." ... more

Here are some Advanced Starters on this statement:

• Biased Coin
  Use a biased coin to obtain a fair result more
• How Many Left Handers?
  Work out the number of members if the probability of left-handed members being randomly selected is given. more
• Perennial Rivals
  Which football team will be first to win four games? more

Click on a topic below for suggested lesson Starters, resources and activities from Transum.

• Probability Probability is a measure of the weight of evidence, and is arrived at through reasoning and inference. In simple terms it is a measure or estimation of likelihood of the occurrence of an event. The word probability comes from the Latin word probabilitas which is a measure of the authority of a witness in a legal case. Some of the earlier mathematical studies of probability were motivated by the desire to be more profitable when gambling. Today however the practical uses of probability theory go far beyond gambling and are used in many aspects of modern life. We believe that even adults can, in many cases, have a poor intuition regarding the effects of probability. These activities are designed to help pupils calculate but also get a 'feel' for the principles of probability.