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Resource Title:Lotto or Life: What Are the Chances?
Description:Students are naturally inquisitive about space science and the topics surrounding the existence of intelligent life in other parts of our Universe. Tapping into this curiosity, this lesson uniquely combines the concepts of astronomy and probability to have students use inquiry, problem solving, reasoning, and communication skills to compare winning the lottery with the likelihood of intelligent life existing elsewhere in the Universe. The site contains all of the information and materials needed to complete the activity.

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Date Published 2007-12-12
Educational Standards Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S1017AD1
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S101D0D7
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S102489F
Http://purl.org/ASN/resources/S102DBAA
Grade Level Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
High School
Middle School
Intended Audience Learner
Language En
En-US
Publisher / Resource Provider High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
Resource Format Text/html
Resource Type Instructional Material
InteractiveResource
Lesson/Lesson Plan
Rights Information If Using The HEASARC Service Made A Significant Contribution To A Research Project, Please Make The Following Acknowledgement In Any Resulting Publication: This Research Has Made Use Of Data Obtained From The High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Provided By NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center. Please Send A Preprint Or Reprint Of The Paper To: The HEASARC Code 660.2 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, USA
Subject Keyword(s) Astronomy
Communicating
Communication
Connections
Earth Science
Earth and Space Science
Inquiry Learning
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Predicting
Probability
Problem Solving
Process Skills
Reasoning
Science
Science As Inquiry
Science Process Skills
Scientific Habits Of Mind
Solar System
Space Science
Space Sciences
Using Mathematics