Loot Box Chances

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:

Mathematics:

Students learn to:

• list all outcomes for compound events both with and without replacement, using lists, tree diagrams, tables or arrays; assign probabilities to outcomes (AC9M9P01)

General capabilities: 

Relevant parts of Year 9 achievement standards:
By the end of Year 9, students students assign probabilities to the outcomes of compound events. They design and conduct experiments or simulations for combined events using digital tools.

• Art supplies - coloured pencils and textas
• Calculators - one per student
• Device capable of presenting a video to the class
• Paper - A3 in size
• Whiteboard

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• communication
• creativity
• critical thinking
• digital literacy
• enterprise
• ethical understanding
• social skills
• problem solving
• collaboration

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - Students will require strong scaffolding through the explicit instruction on calculating probabilities, but will be able to perform the tasks independently.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

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