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 : Trend Task: Fast Food
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus:   Identifying and depicting components in sequence
Resources: Video recording on laptop computer; Year 4 only: instruction card and word chart
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Questions/instructions:
This activity uses the computer. Click on the button that says Fast Food. The video will play.

VIDEO SCRIPT:
Today I’m buying a burger and fries for my lunch. The girl who takes my order pushes buttons on a computer to show what kind of burger I’m ordering. The computer shows what I ordered on a TV screen in the kitchen so the man knows what to cook.
The man gets the top and bottom halves of the bun and puts them into a toaster to warm them up. When the bun is warming up, he gets a piece of wrapping paper ready. He writes what kind of burger it is on the wrapping paper. When the bun comes out of the warmer, a meat pattie is put on one half of the bun and then 		  it’s put into a microwave. When it’s heating in the microwave, the man puts some lettuce and tomato on the other half of the bun. When the meat pattie is heated, he puts some sauce and onion on it. He wraps my burger into the piece of paper then he puts the burger on the shoot. The girl comes and collects the burger from the shoot and puts it on my tray.
Next, the girl cooks some fries, drains the fat and scoops some into a box. Now my lunch of burger and fries is ready to eat.



% responses
2004 ('00)
y4
y8

 Then:
[year 4 instruction card is same text as below]

1. Draw an interesting diagram which shows WHAT is done.
2. Write words to help explain what is done.
(Year 4 only: There are some words that could help you on the word chart.)
3. On your diagram, draw arrows to show the ORDER in which everything is done.
Steps included:
order given/taken
17 (16)
58 (66)
buttons pushed on computer
11 (15)
46 (55)
order shows up on tv screen
9 (10)
38 (48)
top/bottom of bun in toaster
42 (29)
59 (69)
name of burger on wrapping paper
9 (5)
27 (23)
meat pattie on half of bun
49 (43)
65 (69)
put in microwave
59 (54)
63 (66)
lettuce, tomato on other half of bun
68 (62)
74 (80)
pattie out of microwave; sauce, onions, pickles/gerkins on patties
55 (44)
58 (56)
burger made (no details)
14 (18)
16 (19)
burger wrapped in paper
35 (33)
63 (73)
burger put on shute
25 (17)
48 (50)
burger put on tray
8 (11)
37 (30)
fries cooked
23 (15)
50 (59)
fat drained
10 (4)
33 (41)
fries scooped into box
41 (29)
50 (65)
order placed on tray, ready to eat
17 (20)
45 (51)
How clear are the steps in the diagram?
(consider words and pictures)
consistently clear
25 (20)
46 (39)
mainly clear
28 (23)
26 (41)
sometimes clear
28 (22)
16 (12)
never clear
19 (35)
12 (8)
Sequence/order of steps:
all steps mentioned are in correct order
38 (39)
58 (60)
1 step mentioned is out of sequence
13 (6)
13 (21)
2 steps mentioned are out of sequence
10 (9)
11 (7)
order very jumbled
24 (22)
7 (4)
order not shown
15 (24)
11 (8)
How is order shown?
arrows
65 (52)
62 (58)
other clear way
19 (20)
25 (31)
no clear indication of order
16 (28)
13 (11)
Form of presentation:
pictures and diagram
51 (48)
55 (66)
pictures only
18 (27)
19 (10)
diagram only
19 (16)
15 (11)
words only
12 (9)
11 (13)
Total score:
24–28
2 (1)
14 (18)
 
20–23
5 (7)
29 (29)
 
16–19
26 (17)
22 (28)
 
12–15
28 (28)
15 (14)
 
8–11
18 (13)
8 (4)
 
4–7
11 (18)
6 (4)
 
0–3
10 (16)
6 (3)

Commentary
About 35 percent more year 8 than year 4 students achieved a total score of at least 20. There was a small improvement for year 4 students between 2000 and 2004, but a corresponding small decline for year 8 students.

 
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