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reSolve: Scrabble Stats
This sequence of lessons invites students to collect data about letter frequency in a variety of text sources. They use their findings to critically evaluate letter point values in Scrabble, compare them to historical values, create their own themed Scrabble point values and to decipher an encoded excerpt of text. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.
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| Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | column graphs, expected frequency, categorical data, statistical frequency, observations |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Build understanding, Apply understanding, Statistics |
| Topics | Data representation and interpretation |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMSP146
Compare observed frequencies across experiments with expected frequencies
ACMSP147
Interpret and compare a range of data displays, including side-by-side column graphs for two categorical variables
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| National numeracy learning progression |
Interpreting and representing data
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IRD4, IRD5
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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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