Tramping
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Approach:  Station
ACCESS
Level: Year 8
Focus: Evaluating decisions, strategies, outcomes and consequences  
Resources:
Work book
FRAME 152Kb
Questions/instructions:  

When people go tramping or hiking they often stay away from home for a few nights. They stay in huts or tents and have to pack food to carry with them.
 
% responses
2008 ('04)
y8
1. Put a tick to show if the food would or would not be good to take tramping.  
 
Food
Good to take on a tramp
Not good to take on a tramp

Yoghurt
  
54 (56)
Cream Cake  
92 (94)
Muesli Bars
97 (98)
Kumara  
51 (49)
Oranges
94 (92)
Dried Noodles
62 (69)
Bottle of Coke  
69 (65)
Dried vegetables
80 (75)
Milk powder
69 (78)
2. What are some important things to think about when choosing food to take on a tramp?
Try to give three or more things to think about.
 
amount needed
7 (8)
weight
18 (16)
capacity/space
15 (12)
likelihood of damage
16 (23)
likelihood of decay
40 (43)
nutritional value
30 (31)
easy to prepare
24 (25)
nice to eat
5 (1)
disposal of packaging
2 (0)
energy
34 (25)
Water:
water hydration
4 (7)
water
19 (16)
 
Total score:
15–21
10 (9)
10–14
30 (29)
8–9
34 (38)
6–7
21 (20)
0–5
5 (5)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 8
Commentary:
Student choices for what food to take on a multi-day tramp ranged from the highly practical (muesli bars) to the highly desirable (cream cakes). In general, students made good choices on what to include. Girls made better choices than boys and were better able to give reasons for their choices. Pakeha students scored higher than Mäori or Pasifika students; there were negligible changes from the 2004 administration.