finding and using information from non-book resources
 : Chocolate Factory
Approach: Station
880k
Resources: Video, 8 chocolate egg cards.
Questions / instructions:

1. Watch the video about making chocolate Easter eggs.

2. Some of the steps for making the chocolate eggs are written on the cards.
Choose 5 cards that show the main steps in making chocolate eggs.

A The egg halves travel on a machine called a bottomer.
B The moulds are put onto a spinner for 15 minutes.
C The chocolate egg is wrapped in gold foil.
D You must wear a special coat and hat in the factory.
E A packet of chocolate buttons is added to the egg.
F The chocolate egg halves are stuck together.
G A small a mount of liquid chocolate is poured into egg moulds.
H Chocolate eggs are eaten at Easter time.

  % responses
y4 y8

3. Now write the letters of the 3 cards that are not part of the 5 main steps.

Selection of 3 cards not part of 5 main steps:
correct 3
2
1
0

13
38
36
13		 19
60
15
6

4. Now put the other 5 cards in the order that they happen.
5. Write the letter for each card in these boxes.

Ordering of 5 main cards:
all correct
1 pair reversed
worse

28
22
50		 55
27
18
Commentary:
Many students at both year levels had difficulty judging which steps were not the five main steps. Year 8 students had substantially higher success than year 4 students at putting their five cards into correct sequence.

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