Example Task Card

STIMULUS CARD A4 – 3 points

Goal: Complete a Survey Monkey with classmates about their food preferences

For this task you will need:

·   Pre-requisite Lesson required before you start this task

·     Appropriate questions

·     Access to a computer

·     Access to the Internet

·     Knowledge of Excel Program

Overview: For humans to keep their body healthy they need to maintain a balanced diet and do regular exercise. In this task you need to research and compose questions to other students. Your surveys results need to be presented in excel with a graph and a detailed conclusion of what those results mean.

PRE-REQUISITE LESSON – Mrs McGregor (How to ask a question/survey monkey program)

 Step 1  - Research what makes a balanced diet and how much exercise is required for a student your age to maintain their health.

 Step 2  - Compose at least 10 questions from your research that will help you to determine how many students actually maintain a healthy life style. Ensure your questions are not repeating themselves. If you pose your questions so they cannot be answered with a yes/no answer, you should be able to get more details.

  Step 3  - Go online to Monkey Survey.  http://www.monkeysurvey.com/ complete the free sign up option. Design your survey using your questions from Step 2. You can select from a range of multiple choice or answer options.  Make sure you change the ‘collect results’ page to go to your email address.  Email your survey to 10 – 20 of your friends; ask them to complete your survey ASAP.

PRE-REQUISITE LESSON – Mr Wilson (Excel program)

  Step 4 – Compile your survey results in Excel, this program will also allow you to create a Graph to show the outcomes. You need to analyse your results and write a 100 – 200 word evaluation in ‘Word’ of what the results mean in relation to the research you did on healthy lifestyles.

Presentation: Complete this task and submit it digitally or as a hardcopy to your teacher’s in-tray after you have completed a self-evaluation.

Submit - Excel Graph, word evaluation  and self-evaluation.

National Curriculum:

Plan appropriate investigation methods to answer questions or solve problems (ACSIS103)

Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena (ACSHE098)