:Farmyard Race
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Approach: Team  Level: Year 4
Focus: Logic. 
Resources: Placement mat, 8 plastic animals, 4 clue cards.
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Questions/instructions:

Put out placement mat.

These farm animals had a race.

Show the animals and name each one. Stand them in the middle of the table.

Your team is going to put the animals in the order that they came in the race. Put the animals that your team thinks came first in this box marked 1st, the animal your team thinks came second in this box marked 2nd, and so on. Use these clues to find out the order they finished.		  

Allocate one clue card to each team member.

You can start now.

When they say they have finished, record the order. Be sure to distinguish between mother pig and piglet, white horse and brown horse.

Now go back and check one more time to make sure that what you’ve done fits with all of the clues. 

% responses
2001 ('97)
y4
Final order fitted clues:
[8 clues]

all 8

33 (20)
7
22 (33)
6
24 (23)
5
14 (17)
< 5
7 (7)
Strategy rating:
very good
17 (23)
good
48 (33)
moderate
29 (34)
poor
6 (10)
Cooperation level:
good all involved most of time
50 (42)
moderate all involved some time
38 (50)
poor
12 (8)
Commentary
Overall, the 2001 students performed a little better than the 1997 students on this logic task.
 
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