I'm a big fan of Galton Boards: https://youtu.be/3m4bxse2JEQ (lots more on Youtube)
Python + Dice idea = Simple Code http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/code-snippets-source-code/game-rolling-the-dice/ I'd introduce the idea that 1 die = Uniform Probability but 2+ dice = Binomial distribution (because there are more ways to roll some numbers, e.g. 7 than others, e.g. 12). A Python generator for Pascal's Triangle (= Binomial Distribution): def pascal(): row = [1] while True: yield row row = [i+j for i,j in zip([0]+row, row+[0])] gen = pascal() for _ in range(10): print(next(gen)) [1] [1, 1] [1, 2, 1] [1, 3, 3, 1] [1, 4, 6, 4, 1] [1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1] [1, 6, 15, 20, 15, 6, 1] [1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1] [1, 8, 28, 56, 70, 56, 28, 8, 1] [1, 9, 36, 84, 126, 126, 84, 36, 9, 1] Kirby On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 6:12 PM, Perry Grossman <perrygrossman2...@gmail.com > wrote: > I am thinking of doing a simplified interactive presentation on > probability and Bayesian statistics for my kids' elementary school. > I think it would probably be best for 6-8th graders, but there might be > ways to do this for younger students. > I'd like to run some Python code to show probability distributions and > statistics. > > I am thinking of simplified examples from these works: > > Maybe the dice problem, or the cookie problem here: > Allen Downey - Bayesian statistics made simple - PyCon 2016 > <https://youtu.be/TpgiFIGXcT4?t=1741> > > A friend also suggested doing an analysis of how many cards (e.g. pokemon) > that one might need to buy to colleft the whole set. > > Any suggestions on how to make this manageable approachable for kids? > > Perry > > PS: right now I'm going through Allen Downey's tutorial on Bayesian stats >> using the above mentioned tools, from Pycon 2016: >> https://youtu.be/TpgiFIGXcT4 >> I attended this conference, but didn't manage to make this tutorial. >> >> [1] I've shared this before, still relevant: >> https://medium.com/@kirbyurner/is-code-school-the-new-high-s >> chool-30a8874170b >> >> Also this blog post: >> http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2018/02/magic-squares.html >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/edu-sig/attachments/201802 >> 19/d9e2f965/attachment-0001.html> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Edu-sig Digest, Vol 174, Issue 1 >> *************************************** >> > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > >
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