This Was PROBABLY A Lot Of Fun

Over the last few weeks I've been scrambling to cover last minute material before my form 2 students take their national exam, the JCE. This is a pass/fail exam that must be passed in order to continue in secondary school.

A few weeks ago I planned to teach a unit on probability. My school lacks a lot of materials when it comes to mathematics. And when I say that we lack a lot of materials I mean that we have none. Typically I would teach this lesson with dice, counters, or blocks of some sort. Instead, I passed out baggies filled with candy I bought at the trading centre and the kids went wild! They had fun being split into groups learning about theoretical vs. experimental probability.