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River Race
2 3 4 5 6 Pre & Primary Essentials Games & Activities Probability (Chance) 1 Page

River Race

River Race is a game designed to teach students about chance through rolling a pair of dice. Students discover the probability of different dice combinations and adapt their game strategy to reflect it. 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to identify and describe possible outcomes by conducting chance experiments.
  • We are learning to identify and describe possible outcomes by conducting chance experiments.
  • We are learning to describe possible everyday events, order their chances of occurring and determine independent or dependent events.
  • We are learning to describe possible everyday events and order their chances of occurring.
  • We are learning to identify and describe possible outcomes by conducting chance experiments and compare equally likely, e.g. names drawn randomly from a hat and not equally likely outcomes, e.g. bag of marbles containing 6 red and 2 blue.
  • We are learning to identify and describe possible outcomes by conducting chance experiments and represent probabilities of these using fractions.
  • We are learning to conduct chance experiments to observe relationships between outcomes, identify and describe the variation in results.
  • We are learning to conduct chance experiments with an increasing number of trials and compare the relative frequency of an outcome.
  • We are learning to conduct chance experiments with both small and large numbers of trials.

Curriculum alignment

MA3-3WM old Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another MA2-1WM old Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas MA2-3WM old Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used MA2-19SP old Describes and compares chance events in social and experimental contexts MA3-2WM old Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations MA3-19SP old Conducts chance experiments and assigns probabilities as values between 0 and 1 to describe their outcomes MA3-1WM old Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions MA3-CHAN-01 new Conducts chance experiments and quantifies the probability MA2-CHAN-01 new Records and compares the results of chance experiments
VCMSP234 Compare observed frequencies across experiments with expected frequencies VCMSP203 List outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and represent probabilities of those outcomes using fractions VCMSP233 Conduct chance experiments with both small and large numbers of trials using appropriate digital technologies VCMSP177 Identify events where the chance of one will not be affected by the occurrence of the other VCMSP176 Identify everyday events where one cannot happen if the other happens VCMSP175 Describe possible everyday events and order their chances of occurring VCMSP147 Conduct chance experiments, identify and describe possible outcomes and recognise variation in results

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Differentiation

Extensions

This activity can be extended by having students record the dice rolls tat happened in their game, and graphing that information. A discussion as to why 7 is more likely than 12, or why no one ever rolled a 1 can follow and help students prepare for further games.

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