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School Bags
Introduction
Pre-planning
Delivery – part one
Delivery – part two
Outcome

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Published: 2006

School Bags

Delivery – part two

Learning Experience Specific Learning Outcome Assessment Task/Activity Gateway
Planning a storage system for students school bag
(use of drawings to illustrate the layout of how their school bag could be assembled). Identification of prioritisation for what items need to be stored and how they are to be stored. (identification of class specifications) e.g. drink bottles stored away from book bags, raincoat at the bottom of the bag

 Students can:
Plan their storage layouts using the identified specifications		 Illustrated plans Tech. practice

Trial Packing
Students assembled their bags according to their plans.

Testing undertaking to see if:

  • all items were contained in their bag with the zip closed
  • if they could locate a specific item when requested
  • if items where stored according to their order of use
Teacher and peer questioning/discussion to test packed bags

Evaluation
Class discussion to evaluate those storage systems (packed bags) that seemed to work well – identification of features that seemed to make them work well.

Second trail for those systems that didn't work well
use of students who's planned system were deemed to be successful assisted other students to redesign their storage layout. Students required to illustrate their new layout.Students to take plans home and to discuss their storage system with their parents/guardians

 Students can:
Test their storage system against their plan (as illustrated) and the identified specifications.		 Observation, individual student discussion Tech. Practice

 

Visit to ambulance service

Visit to ambulance service

Visit to ambulance service

Visit to ambulance service
Learning Experience Specific Learning Outcome Assessment Task/Activity Gateway
Evaluation of final systems Approximately one week after completion of unit
Class discussion on whether student's bag storage system is still working and what modifications they have had to make.		 Students can:
Demonstrate that they have understood and continue to apply the concepts learnt about storage systems.		 Student written description of their bag storage system. Knowledge
Two months after completion of unit
Use of the Messy Monkey resource to see if students can identify the issues surrounding storage and lack of a system.

Possible extension – getting students to predict how they would need to modify their storage system to allow for inclusion or exclusion of items due to seasonal changes e.g. inclusion of swimming equipment, sunscreen during summer.		      

 

First Plan

First plan for bag layout

Second Plan

Second plan for bag layout

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