What are some science games that involve probability?
Rescue Mission Game To guide a helicopter to stranded hikers on a mountaintop, students learn about: lift, drag, thrust, and gravity. Various spinners used in the game differ in the areas allotted to each of these forces. Which spinner should be used on the next turn? Before playing the game, students conduct a probability experiment with the spinners, tallying the results in tables and graphs. For each turn, they select the spinner with the greatest probability of helping them reach the lost hikers. An adventurous introduction to the basics of probability! http://illuminations.nctm.
