5-622 Student activities for Probability and Statistics

Resource / Select and trial methods for data collection; construct suitable data displays; Evaluate the effectiveness of different displays / Pose questions and collect categorical or numerical data by observation or survey;
Construct displays, including column graphs (including side-by-side column graphs for two categorical variables), dot plots and tables;
Describe and interpret different secondary data sets in context / Probability: Calculate equally likely probabilities, including complementary events. Describe events using language ;’at least’, exclusive and inclusive ‘or’ and ‘and’, with tables and Venn diagrams.
Statistics: Explore large count data sets, stem-and-leaf plots, and dot plots, mean, median and mode.
Explore the use of representative (sample) data, including variation in means and proportions.
Whole class investigations / Maths300
1 Win At The Fair, 2 Problem Dice, 3 Dice Differences, 155 Cat and mouse
RIME 5&6: Carrot patch, Everybody wins
Units of work (FUSE or Scootle)
Graphs and data, From data to graph, From data to delivery,
First fleet: cost of crime, You say dayta, I say dahta, Recognising graphs, Introducing chance - middle years Make your own luck, Take a chance,
Chances are, Language of chance, Games of chance
Active Learning / Active Learning 2
Probability
C5 Simulating AIDS
C6 Beetle
C7 Repeated coin tossing
C8 Repeated die rolling
C9 Poker machine simulation
C10 Simulating card games
C11 Sports simulations
Statistics
D1 Short data activities
D2 More short data activities
D3 Weight problems
D4 Statistics
D5 The media - statistically responsible?
D6 DIY database
D7 Exploring databases / Active Learning
Probability
CD1 Coin tossing
CD2 Die-rolling
CD3 Spinner
CD4 Rolling marbles
CD12 Dice totals
CD16 Coin in the square
CD17 Fair and unfair odds
CD18 TAB
CD23 Loaded dice
Statistics
CD5 Estimating lengths using means,
CD6 Estimating fractions of lengths
CD7 Some survey questions using numerical responses
CD8 Some survey questions using categorical responses
CD14 Graph review
CD19 Some statistical experiments
CD20 Cumulative frequency graphs
Other / Digging into Australian data with Tinkerplots
Introduced animals, Snakes,
Prime ministers
Tuning in with task cards - middle primary
See contents p6 to 11
Mathematics Assessment for Learning: Rich tasks and work samples
36 Name the graph / Maths Investigations: open-ended questions about real data
Tuning in with task cards - upper primary
See contents p6 to 11 / Mathematics Task Centre:
6 Counter Escape, 13 The Frog Pond, 46 Duelling Dice, 76 Tube Toss, 117 Twelve Counters, 133 Win At The Fair, 191 Choosing Beads, 197 Chocolate Chip Cookies, 223 Cat and Mouse, 224 Matching Faces, 226 Playing With Objects
Tuning in with task cards - upper primary
pages 58 – 75
Maths Investigations: open-ended questions about real data
ICT: Interactive Learning / Data Birthplaces & languages Families - Victoria, AFL heights,
Netball heights, Heights of teenagers
Tools DIY database, Column graph, Median, Lineplot, Histogram
Learning Objects:
FUSE or Scootle / The slushy sludger (2), The vile vendor (2), The foul foodmaker (3)
Healthy life survey (3), Home internet survey (3), Leisure survey (3)
Data (collection)
ICT: other / Bar Graph Investigations Bar grapher,
Circle grapher,
Hamlet happens, Coin tossing,
Bar chart, Pie chart / 5.4 Accessing and Investigating Data Using the World Wide Web,
5.5 Collecting, Representing, and Interpreting Data Using Spreadsheets and Graphing Software