Lesson 4

Independent and Dependent Events

* Some events rely on others factors for it to take place - dependent

* Some events do not - independent

* The outcome of some events are random

Now click to watch the video to learn some more about independent / dependent events and random outcomes

Task 2

In small groups - complete the online quiz

Click on the picture below to open the quiz

Whole class

Think / Pair / Share

1.What is a dependent event?

2.Can you think of 2 examples?

3.What is an independent event?

4.can you think of 2 examples?

Task 3

Acting Out

1. In your groups choose you will be assigned 1 of the 5 listed chance events

2. You will have 10 min to Plan a way to role play the event using words like; unlikely / likely / certain / impossible / probable

3. Each group will then perform the role play in front of the class

Role Play Scenarios - use our chance words to identify the chance of this event happening

1. The teacher will cancel school today

2. Flipping a heads on a coin toss

3. Watching a pig fly across the sky

4. Rolling a 5 on a dice

5. Winning the lottery with only 1 ticket

After each group has performed their role play we will order the likelihood of each event from least likely to most likely

Aim: To extend our knowledge of chance by learning about the context of dependent and independent events