Transport and Travel -  LOGISTICS ANALYST

The Geography of Mandarins: Where do they come from? (this activity is also under the Geographer; and Supply Distribution & Procurement Manager)

Primary Middle 

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. As a class, inform the school that you are conducting a Geography Research Project using Mandarins as the product being distributed. Your class will be trying to work out where the school community's mandarins come from across Australia and abroad.

Citrus Australia has done some research work. Look at the following chart and Australian map.

Availability of Australian Citrus

(Source: Citrus Australia)

What’s Available Where

(Source: Citrus Australia)

2. In teams, collect a range of mandarins. Look at 5 mandarins and their labels on their skins. Collect as much detail as possible from these stickers including one photograph for each different variety (if there is variety). You might also need to bring in the larger labels on bags of mandarins if individual mandarins are not labeled  - see below.

(Source: Amin: Wikipedia)

Brainstorm how you will record the information on these mandarin labels. Create a table with all this information recorded.

Make sure you note the distributing company, the variety and the place where the mandarins are grown (procured from).

3. Each morning before fruit time get a collection of stickers from each mandarin that comes to school and record the information into the table.

4. Collect the mandarin information for

a. One week
b. Two weeks
c. Three weeks
d. Four weeks

before you get to the logistics of transporting the vaccine across Australia, read the following article from ABC News [plus video] 12 February 2021 [or Word Doc] about how the vaccine is created.

2. Plot the first part of the production of the vaccines. Create a timeline.

Write down as many questions as you can with a group of 3 - 4 students.

Are there any questions you would like answered now?

3. Find out where AstraZeneca "starter" orginated from - Oxford UK or here in Australia at the AstraZeneca's manufacturing facility in North Ryde, NSW.

How did this "starter" get to CSL in Broadmeadows' plant? Flight? Truck? Calculate an estimate of time.

4. Plot the route from North Ryde, Sydney to Broadmeadows Melbourne on a map of Australia.

5. Your group of 3 - 4 students is to read the following article from The Conversation. This will give you an idea of the logistics involved of transporting the vaccine. Add to your timeline.

The Conversation 5 December 2020 (USA based).