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Year 5 - Rock, Paper, Scissors (Statistics & Probability)

Year 5 - Rock, Paper, Scissors (Statistics & Probability)

AC9M5P01 & AC9M5P02

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Is there a better way of teaching Probability and Chance to a bunch of Year 5 students than using the age-old Rock, Paper, Scissors game? While it's a common go-to for settling disputes, have we ever paused to consider its fairness?

In this lesson, students delve into the probability of winning Rock, Paper, Scissors and express these probabilities as fractions. However, they will soon discover that this classic game isn’t as fair as they have been led to believe.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

  • Lesson Plan (1.5 A4 pages, there’s secrets and scorecards in this lesson so a bit more background info is needed).
  • 16 x content rich Teaching Slides (these provide an excellent visual for understanding probability).
  • 3 x Student Templates including a quick, engaging hook, score card and psychological secret.

DETAILS

Year Level: 5

KLA & Sub-strand: Maths - Probability

Prior Knowledge: Fractions

File Format: Zip file – PDFs

CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT

Content Descriptors

  • AC9M5P01 (List the possible outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and compare to those which are not equally likely)
  • AC9M5P02 (Conduct repeated chance experiments including those with and without equally likely outcomes, observe and record the results; use frequency to compare outcomes and estimate their likelihoods)

Achievement Standard

  • Students conduct repeated chance experiments, list the possible outcomes, estimate likelihoods and make comparisons between those with and without equally likely outcomes.

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