About This Lesson
The 38th in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. In this video we take a look at the second of Autograph's wonderful Extras pages - the Monte Carlo Method. We see how this can be used to make an estimate for the value of pi, combining together important aspects of geometry and probability. Below the video you will find an option to download it and play it on a larger screen, or by clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series. Aligned to Common Core State Standard: 8.NS.2
An excellent way of teaching pupils about pi and where it comes from. This could be set up as part of an investigation lesson where pupils can use autograph to see how the more sample data there is, the better the estimate of pi. As Mr Barton says, there are loads of ways of building in different aspects of math into a lesson on this, which is why I think this is an excellent resource.