Color Spinner
If using a spinner with 5 colors on it, what are the chances of spinning the same color every time? Half the time? Let's use the color spinner below to find out.
Click the spin button below the spinner 10 times and record the results of each spin. When you are finished answer the following questions.
1. Which color was spun the most? Least?
2. What fraction of the spins landed on red? orange? purple? yellow? green?
3. How can you increase the number of times you land on green?
Write two sentences about what you observed from the results of your spins and how you could change the results.
| Lesson Name: Color Spinner | |
| Objective: Students will learn about probability and fractions by spinning a virtual spinner 10 times and recording the results of each spin. They will then answer 3 questions and write 2 sentences about the results of their spins. | |
| Grade: (3-5) | Lesson Login: color_spin-a |
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Additional disciplines: Computer Skills ELA |
Materials: Computer with Internet access Paper and pencil Printer |
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For AIS instruction, this lesson has been modified as follows: In the directions, the student has been asked to spin the spinner 10 times instead of 20. They have also been asked to write 2 sentences about their observations instead of 3. Click here for the original version of this lesson. | |
