S1-3: Investigate situations that involve elements of chance, acknowledging and anticipating possible outcomes.
Elaboration on this Achievement Objective
This means students will consider the possible outcomes of events. Possible outcomes can be listed, for example when tossing a coin the outcomes are heads and tails. The possible outcomes should be the basis for predictions rather than perceptions of luck.
Teaching resources for this Achievement Objective
Level One
Statistics
Units of Work
In this unit we have a first look at uncertainty and chance. We begin to develop an intuitive sense of what chance and possibilities are about through games that involve following rules, making predictions and seeing what happens.
Level One
Statistics
Units of Work
In this unit we develop the language of probability by considering events which are likely or unlikely. We do this using the context of children's stories.
Level One
Statistics
Rich learning activities
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in identifying possible outcomes in a given situation.
Level One
Statistics
Picture book activities
This is an activity based on the picture book Probably Pistachio
Level One
Integrated
Problem solving activities
This problem solving activity has a logic and reasoning focus.
Level One
Integrated
Problem solving activities
This problem solving activity has a logic and reasoning focus.
Level One
Statistics
Rich learning activities
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in identifying possible outcomes in a given situation and describing the chance of an outcome occurring in broad terms.
Level One
Statistics
Problem solving activities
This problem solving activity has a statistics focus.