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Coins inquiry

This inquiry lesson is aimed to extend and explore students' understanding of probability. Students flip four coins and are encouraged to demonstrate their understanding through prompts: mathematical statements, equations or diagrams. Students will pose questions throughout the lesson based on their observations, which will help the teacher move between different levels of the lesson. Downloadable resources are provided to assist with teaching the topic.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 9
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Assessment task, Student task, Teaching strategies, Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Feedback, Questioning, Metacognitive strategies, Mathematics investigation
Keywords	chance, probability, Pascal's triangle, binomial expansion, probability trees
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Critical and creative thinking, English, Numeracy, Ethical understanding, ICT general capability
Strand and focus	Number, Probability, Statistics, Apply understanding, Build understanding
Topics	Chance and probability, Operating with number
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M9P01 List all outcomes for compound events both with and without replacement, using lists, tree diagrams, tables or arrays; assign probabilities to outcomes
Numeracy progression	Understanding chance (P6)
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Organisation	Inquiry Maths
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