Overview
Welcome to Shake, Rattle, and Roll, a dynamic math program newly expanded for higher standards. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, the turnkey lessons and reproducibles in this program build student skills while showing the real-world relevance of math to understanding the probability of events happening.
Objectives
Students will:
- Learn how to use a scatterplot to compare two sets of data
- Understand that a histogram is a type of bar graph representing frequency distribution
- Learn how to use cost-benefit analysis to make decisions
- Learn how a tree diagram can map outcomes and determine the probability of different events occurring
- Learn how actuaries use math to answer questions about what to expect in planning for the future
Featured Printables
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll Worksheet: Shake It Up With Scatterplots
- Answer Key: Shake, Rattle, and Roll Worksheets
- Standards Chart: Shake, Rattle, and Roll
- Introducing Shake, Rattle, and Roll: A Letter to Parents
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll Family Activity: Insuring for the Uncertain
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll Family Activity: Banking on Inflation
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll Family Activity: Planning for the Future
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll Worksheet: Histograms Manage a Flood of Data
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll Worksheet: Tune In to Insurance
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll Worksheet: Branching Out With Tree Diagrams