:On the Double
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Approach: Team Level: Year 8
Focus: Recording information from a video
Resources: Video recording on laptop computer, 4 answer sheets
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Questions / instructions:
This activity uses the computer.
Hand out answer sheets.

In this activity you will be watching a video.
The video will tell you what you are to do.
Click the On the Double button to start the video.
Where they go on the race
Things they need to take
About
the bike
 

 


video voice-over [video is still shots only]:

You are about to listen to an article on bike racing. The article tells of Steffi Lilibee and her father getting ready to race their tandem bike. You will hear the article being read two times. The first time you hear it, listen carefully to the information. Just listen; don’t write any notes. We’ll start now.

“Now, have we got everything ready?” asks Steffi’s dad. “Helmet, gloves, waterbottle?”

“Yes,” says Steffi. “Come on. Let’s go!”

Steffi and her dad are getting ready for a cycle race. It’s just a fun race but Steffi keeps thinking how awesome it would be if they won. They’re going to ride their tandem – a bike that’s built for two people.

On a tandem bike, the person on the front seat controls the brakes, gears and steering. The pedals are joined by a long chain so that the riders have to pedal in time with each other.

The race starts at Glenhope, about 90 kilometres south of Nelson and it finishes at Murchison, a distance of almost 44 kilometres. Steffi and her dad have been doing lots of training so Steffi knows she can pedal that far. The weather forecast sounds okay - sunny and warm with strong south-west winds. That means they’ll be cycling into a head wind all the way.

Dad checks the brakes while Steffi pumps up the tyres.

Steffi’s wearing her cycling gear. She has lycra shorts, with a padded seat to stop her backside getting too sore. Her jersey has pockets in the back to hold snacks such as a banana or a muesli bar. She also has special shoes with stiff soles that clip directly onto the pedals.

Steffi checks the cycle computer on her handlebars. It’s connected to the back wheel and it tells her how fast the bike is going, how far they have come and how long they will have cycled for.

Steffi and dad sign on for the race and collect their race number. Dad ties the number 15 round Steffi’s waist. She hopes it’ll be a lucky number.

Now you will hear the same information again. This time jot down notes in the boxes on your answer sheet as you listen to the reading.

Remember , only write useful or important words. You can't write too much because you won't have time. Here is the second reading of the article.

[Voice-over, as italicised above, and still shots are repeated.]
 
% responses
2005 ('01)
Y8

Where they go on the race:

  
Notes recorded:
from Glenhope
 
46 (41)
mentions 90km south of Nelson
 
17 (14)
to Murchison
 
40 (39)
distance 44km
 
42 (39)
Things they need to take:
helmet
 
91 (88)
gloves
 
82 (77)
water bottle
 
93 (90)
snacks
 
54 (49)
About the bike:
tandem
 
82 (79)
front person controls brakes, gears, steering
(at least one of the three)
 
54 (55)
pedals joined by long chain
 
23 (18)
need to pedal together
 
28 (23)
cycle computer mentioned
 
36 (36)
cycle computer tells speed, distance, time
(at least one of the three)
  
15 (11)
Note taking:
no irrelevant information
 
77 (84)
a little irrelevant information
 
21 (15)
a lot of irrelevant information
 
2 (1)
any other response
 
0 (0)
Total score:
13–17
 
14 (12)
11–12
  
29 (23)
9–10
  
30 (33)
7–8
  
19 (20)
5–6
  
7 (10)
0–4
 
1 (2)

Commentary:
The year 8 students classified and recorded slightly more information, on average, in 2005 than in 2001. Eight percent more scored 11 or higher.

 
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