Support your students in building their understanding of chance and data with these hands-on Chance Experiment Templates. This resource encourages learners to plan, predict and analyse outcomes from their own experiments using structured templates that increase in complexity. It’s the perfect way to bring theoretical probability to life through meaningful exploration and repetition.

Each template is designed to guide students through predicting results, conducting trials, recording outcomes, and reflecting on the accuracy of their predictions. By comparing relative frequencies across trials, students gain valuable insight into how probability works in real-world contexts and begin to recognise the importance of repeated trials for accuracy and fairness.

With templates available for experiments with 2 to 10 possible outcomes, this resource is highly versatile and suitable for a wide range of learning levels. Whether used in pairs, small groups or individually, students will enjoy creating and analysing their own chance experiments using spinners, dice, coins, or classroom objects.

Key Learning Outcomes

• ✅ Identify and describe possible outcomes in a chance experiment
• ✅ Use relative frequency to estimate probability
• ✅ Record and interpret data using tables and tally charts
• ✅ Understand that increasing the number of trials leads to more reliable results

What’s Included

Template pages for chance experiments with:

2 possible outcomes

3-4 possible outcomes

5-6 possible outcomes

7-10 possible outcomes

Each version includes clear headings, tally sections and summary boxes for prediction, outcome and analysis

Materials Needed

Printed templates (select based on number of outcomes)

Pencils or pens

Classroom objects for experiments (e.g. dice, coins, spinners, counters)

Calculators (optional for older students when analysing large trial sets)

How to Use

1. Introduce the concept of chance and the role of repeated trials in accuracy.
2. Have students design their own simple experiment using classroom tools or chance devices.
3. Select the appropriate template based on the number of possible outcomes.
4. Students record predictions, conduct the experiment, tally results and reflect on their findings.
5. Repeat the same experiment with more trials and compare the consistency of results.

Ideas for Classroom Use

• 💡 Maths rotations: use as a data investigation station
• 💡 Homework: assign a simple chance experiment to conduct at home and report back
• 💡 Group work: students plan and run experiments together, then compare results across groups

Top Teacher Tips

• 💛 Use real spinners or dice in early lessons before moving to student-created tools
• 💛 Laminate templates for use with whiteboard markers to save paper
• 💛 Create a class graph to compare results from similar experiments run by different students

This resource helps demystify probability by giving students concrete experience with randomness and repetition. It supports data collection, critical thinking and the application of statistical language in a highly accessible and engaging way. Download now to bring probability to life in your classroom!