1. What is a Survey? A survey is used to find information from a large number of people. There is usually a choice of answers and people select the choice that is most like themselves. Surveys are usually anonymous (can you think why?)

2. Who uses caffeine? Put up your hand if you drink coffee or energy drinks…. How many people put up their hand? How many people are in your class? What percentage of your class uses caffeine?

3. Range and Sample Size The total number of people you questioned is the Sample Size. The ages of the people you questioned gives you the Range. What is the sample size and range of your class? Is this a big enough sample to prove how many people use caffeine in your whole school?

4. How many people use caffeine in my school? Sample size? Age ranges? Gender? Types of caffeine drink

5. Example Caffiene Survey Please tick any that apply to you.. Male or female Age 10-1212-1414-16over 16 What caffeine drinks have you tried? You night want to give a choice of drinks to be selected from How many do you drink per day of those which you have selected Why do you drink them? Either leave a blank space for an answer to be written or provide choices to tick, eg ‘to help me concentrate’ or ‘because I like the taste’ What effects do you notice after drinking it? Provide some choices based on what you have learned about caffeine Are you aware of any health risks and if so what?

6. Your Task Now design your own survey to find out whether people in your school drink Caffeine drinks. Work in pairs or small groups. Get another group to try it out to see if your survey works or need improving.