Acrobat A Printable version of this lesson is available in PDF format. This requires a free plug-in, Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can find out if you need it by clicking on the PDF link. Have students keep a daily diary for several days noting all of the times that they encountered instances involving probability.
Weather prediction can be easy or challenging depending on geographic conditions.
Have students listen for probability mentioned in weather forecasts as in probability of precipitation. Then have students give a weather forecast for the class or school over the intercom or on a large calendar that can be posted in the hall. Students could survey parents, grandparents, neighbors, and friends as to ways probability is part of their daily occupations.