🧻 Phase 1 - Anticipation
👁️ Visual + Poll
⏱ 5 minutes
Task 1 - They Look the Same. Are They?
Four apparently identical objects and one deceptively simple question. The goal is curiosity, not information.
Step 1 - Watch, then just look
🎥 Silent macro zoom into fibres · no talking, no writing yet
A
Sheet A
B
Sheet B
C
Sheet C
D
Sheet D
Step 2 - Which one do you think is best?
One tap · a prediction, not a test
Which one do you think is best?
A
B
C
D
Your prediction is saved to your portfolio - we'll compare it with your test winner in Task 9.
Step 3 - "Best at what?" Write as many criteria as you can
Private · saved to your portfolio
A good kitchen towel should be…
Think about what a kitchen towel has to do, what it costs you, and what it costs the planet.
What professional testers compare
Can something be the best product if we haven't decided what "best" means? Professional testers compare these four things:
💧 Absorbency
🪙 Strength
📏 Amount / value
🏷️ Sustainability evidence
🧪 CONSUMER TESTING LAB
Today, you are the consumer-testing laboratory.
Wonder begins with a surprising gap between what we think we share and what others may infer. Let's learn what makes a test fair.
What happens in Task 1
A 5-minute Phase 1 - Anticipation activity. Students watch a silent macro zoom, look at four sheets for 30 seconds, vote on a prediction poll, write as many "best at what?" criteria as they can, then compare their list with what professional testers use before accepting the consumer-testing-lab challenge.
🎯 Learning objectives
To create curiosity and emotional engagement without giving definitions yet, and to surface what students already assume "best" means before any test is run.
♿ SEN Adaptations
- Read-aloud available on all text blocks
- Criteria can be chosen from icon buttons instead of typing in support mode
- A breathing-animation alternative can replace the 30-second circle timer
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Lab Booklet page 1 with four printed photos, a prediction box and a criteria list
- An adult at home can hide the packaging and label four real sheets A-D