02/11/09

This week a group was in from Kentucky and so I had a visitor named Miss Faith working in my classes all week. She teaches Algebra I & II, as well as Geometry and a few other subjects. It was fun having her here as she was able to share some ideas with me and helped answer students' questions. Today she taught one period for me in Algebra which covered probability. She had brought in colored beads which she passed out to the students so they could do some hands on activities to help them learn. At the end of class, she gave them smarties and told them they had to figure out the probability of picking one color out of their package based on the total number and the various colors inside before they could eat the candy. The next day she asked them about their results but I think most of the students ate the candy before they could figure it out! I know I did.