What students learn in AC9M7P02
This unit helps students build a clear, usable understanding of Conduct repeated chance experiments and run simulations with a large.... 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 and run simulations with a large number of trials using digital tools; compare predictions about outcomes with observed results, explaining the differences.
- Use concrete examples, pictures, oral explanation and short written responses before moving to independent practice.
- developing an understanding of the law of large numbers through using experiments and simulations to conduct large numbers of trials for seemingly random events and discussing findings conducting simulations using online simulation tools and comparing the combined results of a large number of trials to predicted results
- 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 and run simulations with a large number of trials using digital tools; compare predictions about outcomes with observed results, explaining the differences
- E1: developing an understanding of the law of large numbers through using experiments and simulations to conduct large numbers of trials for seemingly random events and discussing findings
- E2: conducting simulations using online simulation tools and comparing the combined results of a large number of trials to predicted results
- E3: exploring and observing First Nations Australian children’s instructive games; for example, Koara from the Jawi and Bardi Peoples of Sunday Island in Western Australia, to investigate probability, predicting outcomes for an event and comparing with increasingly larger numbers of trials, and between observed and expected results (teaching context)
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
AC9M7P02 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 | AC9M7P02 — conduct repeated chance experiments and run simulations with a large number of trials using digital tools; compare predictions about outcomes with observed results, explaining the differences |
| Victoria | Victorian Curriculum F-10 | Year 7 Maths: closest match in Probability. Use this page as a VIC-aligned practice and worksheet reference. |
| NSW | NSW Curriculum | Stage 4 Maths: closest content focus for Conduct repeated chance experiments and run simulations with a large... and related outcomes. |
| United States | Common Core / NGSS | Grade 7 Common Core Mathematics/ELA closest topic match for Conduct repeated chance experiments and run simulations with a large.... |
| England / UK | National Curriculum | Key Stage 3 / Year 7: closest programme-of-study match for Conduct repeated chance experiments and run simulations with a large.... |
| Canada | Provincial and territory curricula | Grade 7 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 4 Maths: closest achievement-objective topic for Conduct repeated chance experiments and run simulations with a large.... |
| India | NCERT / CBSE | Class 7 closest NCERT/CBSE topic match for Conduct repeated chance experiments and run simulations with a large.... |