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| Focus: Evaluating a pet house design and designing an improved model. | |||||
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Questions
/ instructions: Click the Play button to start the video. (See "Pet House", for images and dialogue from video.) |
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responses 2000 ('96) |
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y4
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| 1. Why would a cardboard box not be a good home to keep the guinea pig in? | |||||
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Problems
with cardboard material |
not
strong |
14
(7) |
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not
water/weatherproof |
4
(5) |
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guinea
pig can eat it |
22
(10) |
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difficult
to clean |
2
(1) |
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Problems
with existing design |
too
small |
19
(25) |
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poor
ventilation |
36
(31) |
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dark,
no view |
8
(8) |
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no
special activity areas sleep, recreation |
7
(6) |
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| 2. Write down the things that would make the pet house a good home for the guinea pig. | |||||
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3. Below is the start of a plan for the guinea pig's home (above). Finish drawing the plan so it will be a good home. Show all of the parts it would have. |
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| 4. Write words on your drawing to help show the parts. | |||||
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Responses
to 2, 3 and 4 |
adequate
ventilation |
53
(49) |
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light and view |
48
(46) |
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good
shelter |
14
(20) |
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recreational
facilities |
48
(30) |
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separate
spaces of separate activities |
29
(11) |
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food
provided |
78
(64) |
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water
provided |
66
(47) |
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floor covering / bedding |
56
(41) |
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entrance/exit/cleaning
access |
27
(29) |
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Total
score: |
more than 7 |
12
(2) |
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6–7
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34
(27) |
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4–5
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36
(39) |
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2–3
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16
(25) |
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0–1
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2
(7) |
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| Commentary: This task was almost identical to the year 8 task, Pet House, except that the year 8 students didn't have the outline of the house drawn for them. About 15 percent more year 4 students performed well on this task in 2000 than in 1996. |
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