As a summative assessment on their probability unit,
students in Advanced Mathematical Decision Making created games of chance that
would be appropriate for a carnival or amusement park. The students had to build a working model,
collect data on several plays of their games, calculate the theoretical and
experimental probability of winning, and the expected and actual profit. Janay Melvin, Kiara Wade, Sagine Pitters,
Kyrah Juhan, and Sienna Galbreath designed a game called “Pop Toss”
where students tried to win prizes for throwing rings on lollipops. Yum!
