Year 7, Unit 1 – making predictions
This 12-lesson unit is designed to allow students to explore the likelihood of chance events occurring, develop skills with fractions to describe and represent probabilities and make predictions about future events.
This program of learning addresses content from the focus areas of Fractions, decimals and percentages and Probability.
The Mathematics K–10 syllabus (2022) is to be taught in Years 3 to 10 from 2024.
Detailed implementation information including key features and resources is available on the Mathematics syllabus development page (NESA).
Resources
Making predictions is a 12-lesson unit for Year 7 with resources.
Introduction
Making predictions (DOCX 162 KB)
Lesson 1 – alphabet soup
Lesson 2 – would you rather?
Would you rather? (DOCX 149 KB)
Lesson 3 – rolling to 10
Lesson 4 – sense of order
Lesson 5 – same same, but different
Lesson 6 – to be, or not to be
Lesson 7 – rock, paper scissors
Lesson 8 – myths and misconceptions
Lesson 9 – fakes on trial
Lesson 10 – what's the chance?
What's the chance? (DOCX 841 KB)
Lesson 11 – predicting evens
Lesson 12 – alphabet soup the sequel
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.