Splash Biography

Learn about chance! See how probability can help in making decisions and answering fun questions like: If you don't sit in your assigned seat on an airplane, how badly do you screw up the chance of some other passenger sitting in his/her assigned seat? All concepts will be illustrated with interesting examples. We may also look at how probability connects with genetics and finding cures to diseases. 10-15 min will be devoted to this, subject to change depending on student interest. Prereqs: This will be an introductory course. You need to be familiar with basic arithmetic and know what a function is. To understand the bio part, you should know what a gene is. Previous exposure to probability and a high school level bio class will help a lot, but are not absolutely necessary. Knowledge of what combinations and permutations are will broaden the examples we can look at.