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Four coins

This inquiry lesson is aimed to extend and explore students' understanding of probability. Students flip four coins and are encouraged to demonstate 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.

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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 content descriptions
ACMSP225 List all outcomes for two-step chance experiments, both with and without replacement using tree diagrams or arrays. Assign probabilities to outcomes and determine probabilities for events
National numeracy learning progression Interpreting and representing data
Understanding chance - UnC5
Understanding money

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