{"id":2680,"date":"2021-10-07T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2021-11-19T12:21:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T12:21:44","slug":"step-1-describe-a-complex-part-of-the-potato-chips-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/step-1-describe-a-complex-part-of-the-potato-chips-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 1 &#8211; Describe a (complex) part of the potato chips package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;intro-section&#8221; width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Step 1 &#8211; Describe a (complex) part of the potato chips package&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23c20e1a&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-file-download&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; background_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_background_color=&#8221;#edbe16&#8243; link=&#8221;url:%23|title:Download%20this%20step&#8221; el_class=&#8221;download-btn&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;bordered&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"#\"><strong>Systems thinking is the ability to<\/strong><strong>\u00a0describe and\/ or visualise a part of a complex reality<\/strong><\/a>,express that part of reality as a model, understand the model as a system, use the model to explain the behaviour of the system, anticipate the behaviour of the system, and evaluate its impacts on sustainable development, identify potential points of, and types of interventions, generate options to act, assess their impacts in the frame of sustainable development, and decide whether further actions are necessary or not.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>What is the aim?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To enable learners to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Produce a structured description of the potato chips package<\/strong>, including\n<ul>\n<li>constituent elements and their physical characteristics,<\/li>\n<li>numbers or quantities, if relevant,<\/li>\n<li>perceptions and feelings about potato chips, and the situations in which we eat them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on their knowledge about potato chips, recognise that knowledge can be enhanced by other sources, and develop the ability to seek out information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Note for the facilitator<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are two activity suggestions for how to introduce the topic to the learner. You may use the activities to introduce the two perspectives of production of potato chips, and nutrition from potato chips.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Activities, tasks, and suggested learning methods \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Activity: &#8220;Tell me your flavour, and I will tell who you are!&#8221; (Potato Chips tasting)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Material<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Different types and flavours of potato chips, plates<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Put the plates with different types of potato chips on a table. The learners should not know which flavour or brand of chips they will taste.<\/li>\n<li>Ask the learners to taste the potatoes chips. Each learner should taste one type and describe the main characteristics. Ask them to brainstormthe main characteristics of the different types of chips; they should make notes of the main points of their discussion.<\/li>\n<li>After they have tasted all the options and made notes, they should exchange information in groups of a maximum of four learners. They can collate and present the information in a table (see example below).<\/li>\n<li>Next, they should combine the information they have gathered, think about it, and discuss their observations: What do these chips have in common? What is different? (Such as taste, smell, consistency, weight, surface, thickness, and any other aspects they can think of).<\/li>\n<li>Each group will make a description about the characteristics of the potatoes by using the format of a structured description.Once it is completed the learners could reflect about what they know about the production and consumption of chips and list further questions that come to their mind.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Activity: &#8220;We eat potato chips when\u2026.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Material<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Different types of potato packages and pictures of different situations in which people might eat chips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Potato chips package\n<ol>\n<li>Give the packages of the potato chips to the learners and ask them to observe and describe (as detailed as possible) the package and its elements.<\/li>\n<li>Learners should make a description of the elements they observed using the format of a Structured Description.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pictures\n<ol>\n<li>Each group will receive a copy of the collage of \u2018Chip Snacking Situations\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Based on the method Think, Pair, Shareeach group will describe the picture taking in consideration the following points:<\/li>\n<li>Describe the situation in detail<\/li>\n<li>Where is it taking place?<\/li>\n<li>How many people?<\/li>\n<li>What is the purpose of the picture?<\/li>\n<li>What is the message of the picture?<\/li>\n<li>They can integrate the information in a table format, and once they finish the descriptions they should share the \u00a0results in plenary.<\/li>\n<li>Each group has to introduce their potato chip packet and picture and their description, taking in consideration the following question: <strong><em>Why do we love to eat Chips in leisure time moments? Is the taste of the Chips or the social moment helping us to relax?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The learners could reflect about what they know about the production and consumption of Chips and formulate some open questions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Note to the facilitator<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this activity will be use as a help for the development of step 7.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Suggested Further Leading Questions<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What are chips made of?<\/li>\n<li>What is needed to produce the chips?<\/li>\n<li>Who produced the chips?<\/li>\n<li>Were the chips produced by one or by many people?<\/li>\n<li>Where were the chips produced?<\/li>\n<li>Where do the needed components come from to produce the chips?<\/li>\n<li>What are the consequences for society and nature?<\/li>\n<li>In which conditions are they produced?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li>Why do we eat chips?<\/li>\n<li>How are the potato chips digested?<\/li>\n<li>How can we identify the taste of the potato chips?<\/li>\n<li>Is it healthy to eat potato chips?<\/li>\n<li>How did the potato chips package get into the store?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>EXAMPLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tasting potato chips<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Type of Potato chip<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"130\"><strong>Form<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"130\"><strong>Smell<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"136\"><strong>Taste<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"115\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\">Chip type 1<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">Wavy, curved, oval, yellow\/white.<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">salty potato, grease odour, light to salt.<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">great taste, salty, crispy, leaves a slight oil sensation.<\/td>\n<td width=\"115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2688 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture4-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"193\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\">Chip type 2<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">Pinstripe wavy, curved, oval, embossed zig zag, orange-yellow colour.<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">strong smell of cheese, cheddar cheese.<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">cheese and salt, spicy with a hint of cheese.<\/td>\n<td width=\"115\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2691 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"155\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\">Chip type 3<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">Triangular with relief, dark yellow.<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">chili and lemon, spicy with cheese.<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">chili, lemon, onion, slightly spicy, cheese flavour predominates.<\/td>\n<td width=\"115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2692 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\">Chip type 4<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">Spiral, braided, brownish-orange, opaque orange.<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">chili and cheese, slightly salty with cheese.<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">spicy, cheese with a hint of salt, salty with lemon, cheese, and chili.<\/td>\n<td width=\"115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2693 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"153\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\">Chip type 5<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">Waffle shaped, grid, yellow.<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">Flour and strong cheese, orange, the cheese predominates.<\/td>\n<td width=\"136\">rough, puffy texture, cheddar cheese with lemon and salt.<\/td>\n<td width=\"115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2694 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"180\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>EXAMPLE \u2013 Chip Snacking Situations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chip Snacking Situations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pictures of the different countries in different situations eating chips. (Self-made by the members)<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2696&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2699&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2700&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>ROUGH TO BE FINALIZED<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2697&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2698&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2701&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<strong>EXAMPLE of a table template to analyse Chip Snacking Situation<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">Situation 1<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">Situation 2<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">Situation 3<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\">Situation 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Describe the situation<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Where is it taking place<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">How many people? How are they distributed?<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Purpose of the picture?<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"120\">Message of the picture?<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><b>EXAMPLE <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Structured description of a Chips package<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2704\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture15-1-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture15-1-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture15-1.png 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2705\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture16-1-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture16-1-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture16-1.png 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2706\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture17-1-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture17-1-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture17-1.png 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2707\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture18-1-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture18-1-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture18-1.png 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2708\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture19-1-202x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture19-1-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Picture19-1.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Chip type 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It does not look particularly attractive to the eye, but highlights the yellow colour of the packaging<\/p>\n<p><em>Front<\/em>: Looks like a shooting target in different tones of yellow, in the bullseye is the brand logo. You can see sliced potatoes all around the front. On the left down corner, we see half potato and some slices coming out. In the right upper corner, we see the nutritional stickers that warn us about the excess calories of the product. \u00a0One slice of potato chips is pointed out with the information &#8220;only 3 ingredients, potato + oil + salt&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Back<\/em>: The background is silver colour. On the right side at the top, we can see the nutritional facts followed by the ingredients and the<\/p>\n<p>commercial information. Below we see a small presentation of the company logos, followed by the barcode and finally we see three small circles with recycling information as well as a contact telephone number.<\/p>\n<p>On the left side on top, we see an open sack with fresh potatoes, surrounded with some green leaves. Below this image the brand logo appears with the legend &#8220;We use organic potatoes&#8221;. After the logo we see another semi-peeled potato, the peel still on the potato and a new legend says &#8220;100% potato&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In bigger letters, we can read &#8220;Just the traditional taste of chips, with each crunchy bite\u201d. Below this we see a potato chip, a QR code and the social media handles of the brand.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1633525888710{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2709&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Systems thinking is the ability to describe and\/ or visualise a part of a complex reality,<br \/>\nexpress that part of reality as a model, understand the model as a system, use the model to explain the behaviour of the system, anticipate the behaviour of the system, and evaluate its impacts on sustainable development, identify potential points of, and types of interventions, generate options to act, assess their impacts in the frame of sustainable development, and decide whether further actions are necessary or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2680"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3350,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions\/3350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.infilon.net\/systemsthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}