Holland, Mich.--Students in New Tech’s Statistics and Data Analysis class led by Ms. Sara DiMaria created dartboards for their probability unit. Students were given a cardboard box and instructed to create a dartboard. They were to design their own and calculate the probability of hitting each of the targets or sectors. “I chose dartboards because they bring the area of probability to life. They also allowed us to calculate theoretical and experimental probability in a fun way during class,” Ms. DiMaria said.
Student Alexa Harrington shared what her group did to complete the project. “We used a cardboard box, and what you did was you took paper and we put it on top of the box. Then we drew a grid out on it. Then, after we got our dartboard planned out, we cut it out with a boxcutter and then added the rest of the internal design and then bam. Hoopla! It’s done.”
When asked whether the project was successful, and if she understood the material (solving probability), Alexa said, “Yeah, definitely.”
Pictured at right is Vanessa Reyes and Shaniya Stevenson’s dartboard.
“Each design was unique,” Laura Doumerc shared.
“We worked incredibly hard on the dartboard. It took us a very long time to do the math probabilities,” Vanessa Reyes said. After the dartboards were completed, the students played with the dartboards and kept track of where their darts hit. They used the collected data to calculate the probability of hitting each of their dartboard’s sectors.
Actual darts were used. When questioned about the safety of the project, Ms. DiMaria said, “We were all safe and responsible. I knew the group of students and they were mature enough to properly use the materials.” Ms. DiMaria plans on repeating this project with future classes. As to what she would change in the future, she said, “Students seemed to like creating the dartboards so I would like them to have better materials in the future. I would also like to add a few more twists to the project and hopefully hit more standards with it.”
Below are more dartboard projects created by other students.
“Each design was unique,” Laura Doumerc shared.
“We worked incredibly hard on the dartboard. It took us a very long time to do the math probabilities,” Vanessa Reyes said. After the dartboards were completed, the students played with the dartboards and kept track of where their darts hit. They used the collected data to calculate the probability of hitting each of their dartboard’s sectors.
Actual darts were used. When questioned about the safety of the project, Ms. DiMaria said, “We were all safe and responsible. I knew the group of students and they were mature enough to properly use the materials.” Ms. DiMaria plans on repeating this project with future classes. As to what she would change in the future, she said, “Students seemed to like creating the dartboards so I would like them to have better materials in the future. I would also like to add a few more twists to the project and hopefully hit more standards with it.”
Below are more dartboard projects created by other students.
