BC Education - Appendix A: Learning Outcomes

Statistics and Probability (Chance and Uncertainty)

Students use experimental or theoretical probability to represent and solve problems involving uncertainty.

It is expected that students will:

Grades K to 1	Grades 2 to 3	Grade 4
Describe concepts of chance and chance events using ordinary vocabulary	Use simple experiments designed by others to illustrate and explain probability and chance	Conduct simple probability experiments to explain outcomes
predict the chance of an event happening using the terms never, sometimes, and always	describe the likeliness of an outcome using terms such as likely, unlikely, fair chance, probable, and expected conduct a probability experiment, choose an appropriate recording method, and draw conclusions and make predictions from the results	identify an outcome using the terms possible, impossible, certain, or uncertain compare outcomes using the terms equally, likely, more likely, or less likely design and conduct experiments to answer their own questions

It is expected that students will:

Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7
Predict outcomes, conduct experiments, and communicate the probability of single events	Use numbers to communicate the probability of single events from experiments and models	Create and solve problems using probability
list all possible outcomes of an event explain events using the vocabulary of probability best/worst probable/improbable never/less likely/equally likely likely/more likely/always conduct probability experiments and explain the results using the vocabulary of probability conduct probability experiments to demonstrate that results are not influenced by factors such as the age, experience, or skill of the participant	distinguish between the experimental and theoretical probability of single events using various polyhedrons as dice, identify the relationship between the number of faces and the probability of a single event calculate theoretical probability using numbers between 0 and 1 demonstrate that different outcomes may occur when the same experiment is repeated compare experimental results with theoretical results	use a table to identify all possible outcomes of two independent events use simulation or experimentation to solve probability problems create and solve problems using the definition of probability as favourable outcomes over total outcomes

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Revised: October 20, 1997

BC Ministry of Education