P Y7 Standing on the pointy end – drawing pins probability experiment new
This activity explores the following key ideas:
- plan and conduct probability experiments for chance-based situations, including undertaking a large number of trials using digital tools, by:
– posing an investigative question
– anticipating what outcomes are possible and which of them are more or less likely to occur
– identifying and systematically listing all possible outcomes to the investigative question
– collecting and recording data
– creating data visualisations for the distribution of observed outcomes
– describing what these visualisations show
– finding the probability estimates for the different outcomes
– answering the investigative question
– identifying similarities and differences between their findings and those of others
– reflecting on anticipated outcomes
This activity could be extended to use with a year 8 class, or used with a mixed year 7-8 class.
