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List outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and represent probabilities of those outcomes using fractions (ACMSP116)

Elaborations
  • commenting on the likelihood of winning simple games of chance by considering the number of possible outcomes and the consequent chance of winning in simple games of chance such as jan-ken-pon (rock-paper-scissors)
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Observations (Data),  Sample space

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Statistics games

  • TLF-IDM020720

This resource is a web page containing three dice games to explore chance. Each dice game has simple instructions to play the interactive strategy game. The games provide a useful way to investigate the chance of rolling a particular number after successive trials. This resource is one activity from the NRICH collection.

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Introduction to probability

  • TLF-IDM013354

This is a website designed for both teachers and students in year 5, and addresses components of the probability topic. It is particularly relevant for discussing chance experiments where the probability of events is equally likely and for describing those events using fractions. There are pages for both teachers and students. ...

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Visual representations help understand aspects of our world (chance and position) Multi-age 3–6 Year B – Unit 8

  • TLF-IDA006127

This 2-week unit unit develops the big idea that visual representations help us understand aspects of our world. Students are provided opportunities to: use directional language to interpret and locate positions on a grid map; predict and describe possible outcomes from chance experiments; use visualisation, language and ...

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Chances are!

  • TLF-IDA003523

Students calculate the sum of probabilities for a chance experiment and compare frequency predictions with actual data.

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Possible outcomes: Year 5 – planning tool

  • TLF-IDA003151

This planning resource for Year 5 is for the topic of Possible outcomes. Students list the possible outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and compare to those which are not equally likely.

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Osprey ranking threats

  • TLF-IDA004918

In this lesson, students acquire data related to key threats to the survival of osprey. Students work in small groups to rank a list of key threats and collate the data in a class spreadsheet. They sort the data to identify the overall class ranking of threats. Students create a pie chart of the threats commonly ranked ...

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Osprey position and location

  • TLF-IDA004909

In this lesson, students acquire data related to the migration of the osprey. Students describe location and position on a Cartesian plane using paired coordinates. They explore the way latitude and longitude is used to pinpoint a location on Earth. This lesson is the fourth in a series of six lessons that connect the cross-curriculum ...

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Osprey migration data

  • TLF-IDA004908

In this lesson, students acquire data related to the migration of the osprey. Students represent and interpret the data, discussing and reporting on the data distribution. They compare two types of charts to decide which type is best to display the dataset. This lesson is the second in a series of six lessons that connect ...

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Flight of the osprey infographic

  • TLF-IDA004912

In this lesson, students use data acquired during their learning about the osprey and information sourced online to design and create an infographic. This lesson is the final lesson in a series of six lessons that connect the cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability, Statistics and the Science learning area: Science ...

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Osprey altitude data

  • TLF-IDA004910

In this lesson, students acquire data related to the altitudes reached by fledgling osprey practising flight. This lesson is the first in a series of six lessons that connect the cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability, Statistics and the Science learning area: Science as a human endeavour. This lesson was developed ...

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Osprey bird dimensions

  • TLF-IDA004911

In this lesson, students investigate measurement data related to the osprey. Students represent and interpret data related to wingspan and body length. They investigate patterns in data to describe any relationships. This lesson is the third in a series of six lessons that connect the cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability, ...

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Hologram poetry lesson

  • TLF-IDA002719

In this lesson, students are asked to present a poem as a visual illusion. They explore holograms and visual illusions, and then delve into the mechanics of poetry construction by exploring the poetry of Banjo Paterson. They write their own poem or recite a poem and create a hologram illusion of themselves reciting a poem. ...

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Taronga Zoo - Rainforest heroes: iPad app

  • TLF-IDM017703

This iPad app provides an experience of Taronga Zoo's stunning Wild Asia rainforest trail. Guided by volunteer researcher Heidi Greentree and a GPS map, students create a PDF field report using the photographs they have taken, observations made and information collected. This can be emailed for further research and discussion ...

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