When a coin is tossed it has an equal probability of landing heads side up or tails side up. What happens when you flip a coin 20 times in a row? Are the results different to the probability? Why?
Have students conduct these coin flip experiments in partners or small groups and record the data to compare with others. This is a great repeated chance experiment that will generate lots of interesting class discussions.
Use as a whole class or rotations activity.
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
Recognise that probabilities range from 0 to 1
Recognise that probabilities range from 0 to 1
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
Conducts chance experiments and assigns probabilities as values between 0 and 1 to describe their outcomes
Conducts chance experiments and quantifies the probability