What students learn in AC9M3P02
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record.... The goal is not to memorise one answer pattern. Students should be able to explain the idea, recognise it in a new example and apply it in a short practice or worksheet task.
- Start with the main idea: conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record the results, recognise and discuss the variation.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- identifying the possible outcomes of a chance experiment, creating a tally chart to record results, carrying out a few trials and tallying the results for each trial; responding to the questions: “How did your results vary for each trial?” and “How do the results vary across the class?” conducting repeated trials of chance experiments such as tossing a coin, throwing a dice, drawing a coloured or numbered ball from a bag, using a coloured spinner with equal partitions, and identifying the variation in the number of heads/fives/reds between trials
- Finish with mixed questions so students must choose the correct strategy rather than copy the last example.
Curriculum coverage and elaborations
The content description and elaborations below show the curriculum ideas taught in this unit. Items marked as teaching context support lesson planning but may not appear in the initial eight-question activity.
- Content description: conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record the results, recognise and discuss the variation
- E1: identifying the possible outcomes of a chance experiment, creating a tally chart to record results, carrying out a few trials and tallying the results for each trial; responding to the questions: “How did your results vary for each trial?” and “How do the results vary across the class?”
- E2: conducting repeated trials of chance experiments such as tossing a coin, throwing a dice, drawing a coloured or numbered ball from a bag, using a coloured spinner with equal partitions, and identifying the variation in the number of heads/fives/reds between trials
- E3: discussing how the process of conducting repeated chance experiments is crucial in the training of artificial intelligence applications like recommendation systems; for example, if they were building a recommendation system for an online shopping website, they could conduct repeated experiments by tracking user interactions over time
How to use this unit
Read the topic guide, use the teacher slide for instruction, then complete the Worksheet, Practice and Test. These three activities use the same eight-question unit bank.
Teacher resource
AC9M3P02 teacher slide
Use this one-page PDF to introduce the key idea, vocabulary and teaching sequence before students begin the activities.
Open teacher slide (PDF)Common mistakes to watch for
- Rushing to a rule before checking the concrete model, drawing or number sentence.
- Using the correct answer once but not being able to explain why it works.
- Mixing up similar vocabulary such as more/less, before/after, longer/shorter or equal groups/sharing.
International curriculum mapping
This table gives closest-topic mapping for search and planning. The Australian Curriculum code is exact; overseas entries are broad equivalents because each jurisdiction structures outcomes differently.
| Region | Curriculum | Closest mapping |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Curriculum v9.0 | AC9M3P02 — conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record the results, recognise and discuss the variation |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 3 Maths: closest match in Probability. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 2 Maths: closest content focus for Conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 3 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 2 / Year 3: closest programme-of-study match for Conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 3 closest topic match. Canada varies by province, so use this as a broad Ontario/BC-style learning outcome reference. |
| New Zealand | New Zealand Curriculum | Level 2 Maths: closest achievement-objective topic for Conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 3 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Conduct repeated chance experiments; identify and describe possible outcomes, record.... |