Overview

Students make a simple computer simulation to model a coin flipping experiment that is possible, but unreasonable, to do by hand. Students write code that uses while loops to repeatedly "flip coins" (random number 0 or 1) until certain conditions are met.

Vocab

• Models and Simulations - a program which replicates or mimics key features of a real world event in order to investigate its behavior without the cost, time, or danger of running an experiment in real life.

Resources

• Worksheet - Flipping Coins (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)