Probability analysis (6 lessons)

In this sequence of 6 lessons, students create outcome statements for chance experiments, run and record repeated trials, and use estimation to judge fairness and limits.

Additional details

Year level(s) Year 5
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Explicit teaching, Worked examples, Questioning, Mathematics investigation, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords chance experiments, estimation, summative assessment

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Probability
Topics Chance and probability
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M5P02
Conduct repeated chance experiments including those with and without equally likely outcomes, observe and record the results ; use frequency to compare outcomes and estimate their likelihoods

AC9M5P01
List the possible outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and compare to those which are not equally likely

Numeracy progression Understanding chance (P4)

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Organisation

Victoria State Government Department of Education

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