Statistics and Probability
Pose Questions, Plan Investigations, Collect Data, Create Visualisations + Communicate Findings
Y4-8 Tāhūrangi
A mix of resources + Units for Statistics
Y4-6 Statistical Investigations Resources
Census at School NZ
Y4-6 Statistics Teaching Sequences
3 New teaching Units from ReSolve
Y4-6 Statistics Teaching Sequences
5 Classic (older) teaching Units from ReSolve
Y4-6 Select + trial Methods for Data collection
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y4-6 Data Displays
Online activites to familiarise students with Statistics diagrams + graphs. Geogebra
Y4-6 Construct suitable data displays
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-6 L3 Formative assessment
L3 Formative Assessment tasks for statistical investigations ARBs.
Y5-6 Pose Questions + Collect Data by observation or survey
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-6 Construct displays appropriate for the data type
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-8 What’s going on in this graph
Daily starter talks to get students thinking about and interpreting graphs
Y5-6 Giant Mystery
1 week unit from Tāhūrangi
Y6-7 Reaction Time
Students engage in a statistical investigation to Review decimals. Aus Y5 (NZ Y6). ReSolve
Y5-8 Transum Statistics activities
Activites, Investigations, Videos, Visual aids + starters. Transum.org
Census at School NZ
Sign up to participate in this annual census. Provides some great data about kiwi kids.
Data Science big Ideas
YouCubed, big ideas + teaching resources
Central Tendencies Puzzles
Mean, Median, Mode + Range puzzles with snap cubes. Thinking Mathematically
Y6-7 Loopy Aeroplanes
8 lessons. Students work through the entire statistical cycle. ReSolve
Y6-7 Reaction Time
Students conduct a statistical investigation involving decimals. Aus Y5 (NZ Y6). ReSolve
Y7-8 Formative assessment
L4 Formative Assessment tasks for staatistical investigations. ARBs.
Y7-8 Sleepy Statistics
Parts 1 + 2 whole class Investigation. Mathematics Hub
Y7-8 Pose + refine Questions to collect data
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Geogebra Statistics for middle School
Statistics activities aimed at US Grade 6-8 students (NZ 7-9). Geogebra
Y7-8 Statistical Investigations Resources
Census at School NZ
Y7-8 Identify +investigate issues involving numerical data
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Construct, interpret + compare Data displays
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Stem + Leaf plots + dot plots
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Scrabble Stats
Students collect + use data to make + justify conclusions. 3 lessons. ReSolve
Y7-8 What’s In a Name?
Students use spreadsheets to collate data and consider the use of mode as a central tendency. 2 lessons. ReSolve
Evaluate the Findings of Others (Statistical Literacy)
Y4-8 What’s going on in this graph?
Daily starter talks to get students thinking about and interpreting graphs.
Y4-6 Statistical Literacy Resources
Census at School NZ
Y4-6 Evaluate the effectiveness of data displays
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-6 Formative assessment
Formative Assessment tasks for statistical literacy . ARBs.
Y5-6 Listening to Music
Students analyse statements made about data Tāhūrangi
Y5-6 Describe and interpret different data sets in context
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-7 Interpret Pie Charts + Line Graphs
5 Lessons. Oak National Academy
Y5-7 Mean Average
5 Lessons. Oak National Academy
Y5-8 Statistics in the Media
Links to FIO Activities + assessment Task. Mathematics Hub (Aus)
YouCubed Data Talks
A collection of great talks to build data literacy. YouCubed
Y7-8 Formative assessment
L4 Formative Assessment task for statistical Literacy. ARBs.
Y7-8 Making Evaluations
Students analyse statements made about data Tāhūrangi
Y7-8 Statistical Literacy Resources
Census at School NZ
Y7-8 Using the median, mean and range to describe and interpret data displays
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Mean, median and mode
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Interpret secondary data
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Averages Inquiry
Median – Mode – Mean Inquiry Prompt and teacher Notes. Inquiry Maths.
Y7-8 Unequal Averages
Median – Mode – Mean Rich Problem, NRICH
Probability
Plan + Conduct Probability Experiments. Evaluate Statements about Chance Based Investigations
Y5-6 Formative assessment
Formative Assessment tasks for Probability. ARBs.
Y3-4 Conduct chance Experiments
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y4-6 Probability Resources
Census at School NZ
Y4-6 Chance events and their likelihood
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y4-6 Mutually exclusive events
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-6 Tāhūrangi
A mix of units and activities for Probability. Tāhūrangi
Y5-6 Independence of chance events
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-6 List and represent outcomes of chance experiments
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-6 Recognise that probabilities range from 0 to 1
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y5-8 Transum Probability activities
Activities, Investigations, Videos, Visual aids + starters. Transum.org
Y4-8 Probability
Online Activities. GeoGebra
Y7-8 Formative assessment
L4 Formative Assessment tasks for Probability. ARBs.
Y7-8 Tāhūrangi
A mix of units and activities for Probability. Tāhūrangi
Y7-8 Probability Resources
Census at School NZ
Y7-8 Rock Paper Scissors
Students calculate probabilities to make decisions. 2 lessons. ReSolve
Y7-8 Find Cartesian Products
Use tree diagrams to find all possiblities. Similar to Combos (A Tahurangi 5 day unit.) ARC
Y7-8 Describe probabilities using fractions, decimals + percentages
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Conduct chance experiments
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Compare observed frequencies with expected frequencies
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Construct sample spaces
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Y7-8 Probability Tasks
Click on the numbered balls to see Tasks with teacher notes.
Y7-8 Determining probability
Teaching Ideas. ARC (Education Vic)