Same Coin, Different Results — Year 3 Chance Unit

Repeated fair coin experiments can produce different short-run totals. This unit helps Year 3 learners name heads and tails as possible outcomes, distinguish a prediction from an observed record, tally every toss, repeat a 20-trial procedure under the same conditions, and compare the evidence without claiming that fair means exactly ten of each.

What's included

• 25-page Unit Plan PDF with a two-page teacher guide.
• Colour display and twelve model/practice cards.
• Guided, core and transfer worksheets with directly paired red answer pages.
• Twelve-card partner challenge, rules/model turn and teacher key.
• Two variation rehearsal tasks with paired marking pages.
• Independent blank two-run assessment record with marking guidance and a four-criterion rubric.
• Editable 18-slide teaching presentation and editable 26-slide question-and-answer quiz.

Learning focus

possible H/T outcomes, one toss as one trial, honest tallying, same-conditions repeats, comparing observed counts, and careful conclusions about variation.

Classroom use

Five 45–60-minute lessons. Prepare fair coins, trays, pencils and the recording pages. Use labelled fictional examples for modelling; learners keep their own real results. The quiz supports, rather than replaces, the hands-on assessment.

Answers

Paired worksheet/rehearsal answers, challenge key and assessment marking guidance are included. Real coin totals vary.

Teacher benefits

Provides an explicit five-lesson sequence, graduated practice, a repeatable partner activity, and evidence-based assessment guidance.

Digital product and licence

Digital download only; no physical product. Use under the platform's purchase licence.

Formats and page counts

25-page Unit Plan PDF; editable 18-slide presentation PPTX; editable 26-slide quiz PPTX.