reSolve: Mathematical modelling – How risky is life?
In this unit of work, students explore the risks of dying unexpectedly from various causes. They start from their own fears and, by comparing them with Australian Bureau of Statistics data, recognise that these are often unfounded and sometimes driven by the media. Students learn how to calculate the risks involved for various activities and how these are related to the base risk of death for people of different ages and genders. The emphasis is on order-of-magnitude comparisons, reflecting the various kinds of variation in risk level between individuals and over time.
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Year level(s) | Year 9 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Keywords | risk, modelling, statistical frequency, variables |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Probability, Statistics, Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
Topics | Chance and probability, Data representation and interpretation |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMSP283
Compare data displays using mean, median and range to describe and interpret numerical data sets in terms of location (centre) and spread
ACMSP226
Calculate relative frequencies from given or collected data to estimate probabilities of events involving 'and' or 'or'
ACMSP228
Identify everyday questions and issues involving at least one numerical and at least one categorical variable, and collect data directly and from secondary sources
ACMSP228
Identify everyday questions and issues involving at least one numerical and at least one categorical variable, and collect data directly and from secondary sources
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National numeracy learning progression |
Interpreting and representing data
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IRD5
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Copyright details |
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Organisation | ReSolve: Maths by Inquiry |
Copyright | © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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