Pip’s next-word detective

Year 6 · Student investigation

Does a confident guess have to be right?

Draw, point or explain aloud. A partner or adult may record your words.

Predict before seeing the answer

Which colour should come next on card 1? Will spreading out the guesses change which word comes first?

Two comparisons

What did you change? What stayed the same? What did you notice?

Challenge your first explanation

Try every fact card. Find a wrong answer if there is one, then lower the temperature. Does stronger confidence repair it?

Make and explain

A two-card detective report with the supported answer, model probability and one confidence counterexample.

Limit the claim

This activity can show _ . It cannot tell us _ . A new case I would test is ____ .

Use fictional data. Download or print your work before leaving.