Rugby World Cup - Probability
Added: 17 Sep 2019
Contributor:
Aoife McDonnell
Resource type:
Presentation
Who is the most likely team to lift the Webb Ellis Cup in Yokohama on November 2? Introduce students to the concept of probability with this Rugby World Cup 2019 PowerPoint presentation. The presentation highlights previous winners of the World Cup, the World Rankings, and the matches Ireland are playing. Students are strongly encouraged to engage with the Rugby World Cup website and Tournament Bracket online interactive tool.
How it maps to the curriculum
- JC
- Mathematics
Strand: 5. Statistics and Probability
Strand unit: 2. Random Events
Strand: Data
Strand unit: Chance
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- order events in terms of likelihood of occurrence
- use vocabulary of uncertainty and chance: chance, likely, unlikely, never, definitely
- use vocabulary of uncertainty and chance: possible, impossible, might, certain, not sure
Strand: Data
Strand unit: Chance
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- estimate the likelihood of occurrence of events; order on a scale from 0 to 100%, 0 to 1
- estimate the likelihood of occurrence of events
