Camp Montessori - Probability Rocks
1:00-4:00, M-F
A Math & Science camp for girls! Learn about probability, by tossing a coin, and about basic genetics by conducting simulated “genetic crosses” with mice that differ in eye color. Puppets will be used to illustrate the transfer of genes for eye color from parents to offspring, allowing students to visualize the inheritance of a single trait (eye color) in their simulated mice. Learn all about what probability means, why we study it, and how to express a probability on paper. Using dice as an example, learn how to determine the number of possible outcomes in a random event! You’ll even learn how to use a grid to figure out probabilities in more complex situations. Probabilities aren’t just for predicting dice rolls - the principles you’ll learn are the basis for predictions in all kinds of complex systems, from the stock market to the weather!








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