asking appropriate questions
 : Fire Safety Quiz
Approach: Station
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Resources: None

Questions / instructions:
Pretend that your class has just finished learning about what people should do when there is a fire.

Put ticks beside three questions in this list that would be good for a quiz about what to do when there is a fire.

  % responses
y4
y8
  3 questions

1. How do you check if your smoke alarm is working?

 
45
30
2. What are three things to do if the fire alarms go off at school?  
56
75
3. What do fire fighters do when there's no fire to go to?    
20
4
4. How are 111 calls traced?  
41
13
5. How do you contact the fire department in case of fire?    
38
65
6. What kinds of protective clothing do fire fighters wear?  
25
9
7. What should you do if your clothes catch fire?    
53
81

Number correct
3
2
1
0

12
38
36
14
48
34
9
9

Commentary:
About half of the year 4 students had some difficulty focusing on questions appropriate to the task set. The year 8 students were substantially more successful. It is interesting to compare the results for this task with those for the next task, Fire Fighters Project.


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