Support your students in exploring probability through engaging physical activity with our Sports Chance Experiment Worksheets. These hands-on tasks help students investigate chance and data through simple sporting challenges, combining movement and maths in a meaningful way.

Designed to build understanding of probability and the importance of sample size, students will conduct repeated trials, predict outcomes using relative frequencies, and reflect on how results change with more data. Each worksheet guides students step by step through planning, prediction, trial recording, and evaluation.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Conduct repeated trials and record data accurately
• ✅ Predict outcomes based on relative frequency
• ✅ Compare results across different sample sizes
• ✅ Reflect on the role of chance in everyday activities

What’s Included:

• Three differentiated worksheets based on simple sports experiments
• Data tables for recording outcomes of repeated trials
• Prediction prompts and reflection questions
• Teacher instructions and suggestions for use

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets
• Basic sports equipment depending on activity (e.g. balls, hoops, cones)
• Clipboard or hard surface for writing outdoors
• Pencils or pens

How to Use:

• • Split students into small groups and assign a worksheet to each
• • Review the instructions and prediction sections before heading outside
• • Conduct repeated trials, recording outcomes as you go
• • Return to the classroom for analysis and reflection on results

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Integrate into your maths unit on probability or data collection
• 💡 Use during a PE-maths crossover lesson or outdoor learning session
• 💡 Display graphs or summaries of results as part of a data wall

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Print each version on different coloured paper for easy distribution
• 💛 Combine results from all groups to create a class data set for discussion
• 💛 Discuss factors that may affect fairness or consistency in each trial

Sports Chance Experiment Worksheets combine physical movement with maths, offering an exciting way for students to explore chance, collect data, and reflect on probability in action.