In this unit, students begin their exploration of probability as a measurement of the likelihood of events. The unit was designed to engage students as mathematicians conducting and analyzing experiments that involve the likelihood of events happening.They will see how mathematics is used in real-life situations as they create a “Carnival of Chance” using games constructed with the laws of probability.
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Bud, Not Buddy, a Newberry Medal Winner, is a dynamic story about the experiences of a young African American boy growing up in Michigan during the Great Depression. Students will venture into the story’s plot as Bud shares his insights on life and learning as he meets and interacts with many different people suffering the effects of the Depression. Bud’s mother has been dead for several years, and he has been living in orphanages and foster homes since her death. Now ten years old, Bud runs away to try to find the man he believes to be his father, a bandleader w