Resource: Hacker's Four-Zergen Game
Media Type:
QuickTime Video
Length: 3m 02s
Size: 8.2 MB
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad is testing various games to decide if they are fair or not. Matt, Jackie and Lucky play a game called The Squares Game. They play it and then analyze the outcome to decide whether the game is fair.
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Teachers' Domain, Hacker's Four-Zergen Game, published October 8, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.math.data.pro.hackerzerg/
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Here are some Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions for using this video in a math lesson.
What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?
Frame: Let’s say you roll a pair of dice. Then, after you roll, you add up the results to get the sum. Will a sum of two come up very often? Why or why not? How about a sum of seven? Why or why not? What determines how often a certain sum will come up?
Focus: In this video segment, Jackie and Inez analyze the possible results for the Four Zergens in a Hat Game. Write down the combinations that they come up with. How did they decide that the game was unfair?
Source: Cyberchase: “R-Fair City”
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