Lesson Plans SET B for Grades 5-6-PDF Level 5-6 - Statistics and Probability- Teacher file

PDF Level 5-6 - Statistics and Probability- Teacher file

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This document outlines a lesson plan for Math Kangaroo Level 5-6 focusing on statistics and probability. The plan is timed and segmented into warm-up activities, instruction, problem-solving, and a wrap-up session, lasting around 60 minutes in total. <br /><br /><strong>Warm-up Activity:</strong> <br />The warm-up involves a probability question about rolling a die. It determines that rolling a six-sided die seven times ensures at least one repeated result.<br /><br /><strong>Instruction and Problem Solving:</strong><br />The core of the lesson includes eight problems derived from previous Math Kangaroo contests. These problems cover various topics within statistics and probability:<br /><br />1. <strong>Mixture Problem</strong>: Evaluates if different paint mixtures have the same color. The answer is that all mixtures have the same color ratio.<br /><br />2. <strong>Lion and Doors</strong>: Involves determining behind which door a lion is, with given statements on each door. The solution finds the lion behind door 1.<br /><br />3. <strong>Grid Coloring</strong>: Students must determine the minimum number of squares to paint white to meet a set condition in a grid, concluding at least six squares.<br /><br />4. <strong>Cardboard Strip Problem</strong>: Concerns calculating the sum of lengths of line segments on divided rectangles.<br /><br />5. <strong>Weather in Fabuland</strong>: Predicts weather patterns given certain rules, concluding a four-day prediction certainty.<br /><br />6. <strong>Birthday Ages</strong>: Calculates average age from given age distributions among children.<br /><br />7. <strong>Number Line Problem</strong>: Identifies a midpoint in a set of numbers.<br /><br />8. <strong>Grid Coloring with Colors A, B, C, and D</strong>: Determines the possibilities for coloring a square under given constraints, concluding with a singular option for the shaded square.<br /><br /><strong>Bonus Question:</strong><br />This involves erasing and replacing numbers on a blackboard, with analysis leading to two possible numbers that could have been erased.<br /><br /><strong>Wrap-up and Genius Hour:</strong><br />The session concludes with students creating their own problems, sharing solutions, and a recap on statistical concepts like median, mode, range, and mean. The lesson introduces probability as the likelihood or chance of an event occurring.

Keywords

Math Kangaroo

Level 5-6

lesson plan

statistics

probability

problem-solving

warm-up activity

instruction

wrap-up session

Genius Hour