Analysing statistics and probability in context (8 lessons)

In this sequence of 8 lessons, students calculate probabilities for simple and compound events using sample spaces, Venn diagrams, tables, tree diagrams and simulations.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 8
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching, Worked examples, Questioning, Mathematics investigation
Keywords	summative assessment, conditional probability, digital tools, digital tools, probability models, compound events, complementary events
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Statistics, Probability
Topics	Chance and probability, Statistical investigations
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M8P03 Conduct repeated chance experiments and simulations, using digital tools to determine probabilities for compound events, and describe results AC9M8P01 Recognise that complementary events have a combined probability of one; use this relationship to calculate probabilities in applied contexts AC9M8ST04 Plan and conduct statistical investigations involving samples of a population; use ethical and fair methods to make inferences about the population and report findings, acknowledging uncertainty AC9M8ST01 Investigate techniques for data collection including census, sampling, experiment and observation, and explain the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through these techniques
Numeracy progression	Interpreting and representing data (P8) Understanding chance (P6)
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Organisation	Victoria State Government Department of Education
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