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What’s the Chance of Rain?
We often use the language of probability in conversation – “There’s a good chance of rain today” or “He is almost certain their team will win”. In mathematics, we can give precise values to the...
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What is the Probability you can use your netbook today?
Image Source – Screenshot Congratulations to all those students who were succesfully able to log on to the Ultranet on Friday! Well done. Today we are going to continue with the topic of probability...
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More Probability interactives on FUSE
Go to FUSE and type in the Learning Resource ID number into the search box to try each of these activities. Then leave me a comment below to tell me what you have learnt, which of the activities you...
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Using an iPod for probability experiments
Screenshot from iChoose Year 6/7 students continue to explore probability in our maths classes, today with iPod touches. “iChoose” is a free application, with a number of options for random choice...
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Progression Points for Probability
At Hawkesdale College the Numeracy Professional Learning Teams have been looking at the progression points for each of the five strands of mathematics and starting with Number, assigning assessment...
View ArticleLast week of term 3!
This week is our last week of school before September holidays and we also have Parent-Student-Teacher interviews on Wednesday afternoon and evening. I expect each of you to come along and discuss your...
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“Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics!”
Learning Intention: Students will understand that data can be displayed in various ways and they will be able to interpret different types of graphs, including bar graphs, pie charts, stem-and-leaf...
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What are the Chances?
Image Source You will be familiar with hearing discussions about probability in terms of words, if not quantities – “It isn’t likely to rain on the washing today”, “The chances of winning the lotto...
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Probability and Percentage increases and decreases
Following our assessment task yesterday it is clear that some students need to revise certain areas of the work we have done in term 1 and 2: Probability – Relative frequency with ten questions to...
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