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Probability inquiry

A sequence of lessons designed to build student understanding of probability. By exploring different questions that students pose from the given prompts, the inquiry can cover many areas. Students may choose to work individually or in pairs throughout the lesson to build on their understandings. Examples of student questions and responses are provided, with visuals to guide the teacher to build and develop student understanding of the topic. Additionally, a prompt sheet and PowerPoint have been provided.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 9
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation
Keywords	probability, permutation, replacement, combination
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus	Probability, Statistics, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Chance and probability
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 AC9M9P02 Calculate relative frequencies from given or collected data to estimate probabilities of events involving "and", inclusive "or" and exclusive "or"
Numeracy progression	Understanding chance (P6)
Copyright details
Organisation	Inquiry Maths
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