Connect students directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture students' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to students and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal student responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of students.

ESP experiment.

Objective: To provide students with a personal experience of chance.

Activity: Students test their own extra-sensory perception. Students use index cards to make decks of test cards using the standard testing symbols for ESP: square, circle, star, cross, wavy lines. Each deck should contain twenty-five cards, five of each symbol. In groups of three, one student draws a card from the deck, and concentrates on the symbol. One student draws a card from the deck, and concentrates on the symbol. The second student, who is the test subject for this round, tries to receive the mental image from the first student. The third student records both the drawn symbol as well as the "guess" of the subject. Have the students try this experience in several ways:
1) shuffling the deck, then going through the whole deck one card at a time.
2) shuffling the deck, then drawing one card at a time, replacing it and reshuffling for each trial.
3) shuffling the deck, then randomly drawing one card at a time from the deck, but not replacing it or reshuffling for each trial. Let them repeat the test each way for twenty-five draws. Then the students in each group switch roles until each group member has been a transmitter, a receiver and a recorder. Allow groups to discuss their results.

Assessment: Participation, helpfulness and interest.