🎓 Year 3 (ACARA Code : AC9M3P01)
🎯Focus:
🎲 identify everyday events involving chance.
❓ describe possible outcomes as “likely” or “unlikely”.
✅ identify some events as “certain” or “impossible”.
💬 explain their reasoning with “because”.
🎯 predict and test simple chance events.
Video Lessons
📹 Video Lesson Tips
- 💬 Tell someone which events are certain, impossible, likely or unlikely.
- 🎯 Make a prediction about your day (“I think it is likely that I will…”).
- 🎉 Try sorting your own events into categories.
💡 Key Ideas (Quick Guide)
Sorting events
- Impossible = cannot happen (e.g., a dog will fly).
- Certain = always happens (e.g., I will grow older).
- Likely = often happens (e.g., I will eat lunch).
- Unlikely = rarely happens (e.g., winning a big prize today)
🧩 Mini Quiz – Quick Check
Try these after watching the video:
❓Question 1: What is an impossible event?
✅ Answer: Something that cannot ever happen
❓Question 2: If I say, “I will grow older today,” is this event …?
✅ Answer: Certain
❓Question 3: “I will see the sun today” is :
✅ Answer: Likely
❓Question 4: “I will see a pink elephant flying” is :
✅ Answer: Impossible
❓Question 5: Which word matches “almost always happens”?
✅ Answer: Likely
Scored:
5/5 💯 = Champion!
3–4/5 🌟 = Great Work!
0–2/5 🔄 = Watch the video again!
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📚 Other Lessons in Next Unit
🚀 Learning Path (Recommended Order)
| Step | Lesson | What You Learn |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🎲 Year 3 Chance Experiments: Possible Outcomes Examples & Activities | Learn how to identify and list all possible outcomes of chance experiments using dice, coins, and spinners. |
| 2 | 🎲 Year 3 Chance Experiments: Tally Charts, Trials and Variation (Examples & Worksheets) | Learn how to conduct repeated trials, record results using tally charts and frequency tables, and recognise variation in outcomes. |