TEACHER WORKSHOP ACTIVITY - WORLD SERIES (advanced)
Workshop 5. Teaching Core, Formal Mathematical Concepts - Pascal's Triangle (5min)
Video 1. Introduction to Pascal's Triangle (Adapted for Year 12 [5min])
Example Classroom Activity
How core skills transfer from primary school to high school and beyond help promote deep understanding and facility in developing and proving formal mathematical concepts.
Video 2. World Series (Adapted for Year 12 (7min)
- IF UNABLE TO ACCESS YOUTUBE VIDEO (requires Flash) TRY: World Series
Workshop 5.4 - Building Pascal’s Triangle
PROBLEM: World Series Problem. Two evenly matched teams play a series of games in which the first team to win four games wins the series. What is the probability that the series will be decided in:
- four games?
- five games?
- six games?
- or seven games?
Use your ingenuity to adapt this high-school level activity into an activity that your own primary level students might undertake.
See the section 'Workshop 5.4 - Pascal's Triangle section toward the bottom of the TEACHER-WORKSHOPS page for more information.