plinko stem shared

Let’s Get Ready to Play….

Bob LochelSiemens STEM Academy,

Summer 2012

WHAT IS PLINKO?

• Plinko is a game on the long-running game show “The Price is Right”

• See contestants playing Plinko:– http://youtu.be/VPYlQEDe3PM

QUESTIONS OF INTEREST

• Where should we drop Plinko chips?

• What is the probability of winning $10,000?

PollEverwhere.com can be used to collect first responses

Polleverywhere.com can take open-ended responses

PLAYING PLINKO

• Heads = Left• Tails = Right• Use random.org or

use actual coins

Google Doc for data input and sharing:

EVALUATE THE RESULTS

• Look at the google form spreadsheet

• Form – “show summary or responses”

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

• What is the probability that a chip dropped down the center will land in the $10,000 slot?

• Bob’s YouTube Channel:

–fuo7jaqpkqr9@m.youtube.com

THE NEXT DAY…..

• Formative assessment– Photopeach

MORE RESOURCES

• Join me on my math coaching blog:– Mathcoach.wordpress.com• Flubaroo (grades google form submissions)• Desmos online calculator• PhET (interactive science simulations)• Census at School

• Twitter: @bobloch