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one large puffin amongs many small with the costal range in the background and a title and equations of probabilities

An Improbability of Crested Puffins

A collective noun for puffins is an improbability! I live in Oregon with these beautiful Tufted Puffins (also known as crested). It’s pretty probable that improbable things will happen – just look at the perfection of these little birds.

Probability in the Leaves

Probability in the Leaves

I run and see the crows daily. They splash, play, talk, and announce the sunset. I see them in yards flipping leaves together and can’t help but feel that they are calculating probabilities. Of what, I am not sure – maybe the probability of finding a nut, bug, or piece of pizza. No matter what, […]

a quincunx made of pins and marbles

52 Weeks of Math Activities

Week 45: The Quincunx

This week, learners can dive into probability through a quincunx (also known as a Bean Machine). Learners can make bean machines with building toys (Legos), pins and a corkboard, or nails and wood (or other methods they devise (3d-printing, sculpture, etc)). Here is a template to use. (It’s a

a kitty playing cards with the probability formula explaining that cards aren't counted - just remembered

Kitty Doesn’t Count Cards…

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