Check this idea out (via Waitrose)

Just been writing some material, which is partly related to the idea of FOOD MILES. Came across a resource on the Cambridge Plant SCIENCE website which is quite nice - it's geography of course... but that's by the by...

Then got to thinking about WAITROSE.

In each / (most ?) store, they have a Waitrose Community Matters scheme.

At the check out you will be handed a GREEN TOKEN along with your receipt.

Near the exit you will find three transparent plastic boxes with details of three schemes in the local area. Each month £1000 is shared out between the three causes, and the amount each receive is proportional to the number of tokens that have been placed into each box.

In many stores, there is an obvious "favourite" cause, which has loads more tokens than the rest.

Why not hand students a token at the start of a lesson where there is going to be a variable outcome at the end. At the point where the decision is made, they place their token in the relevant box. The boxes could perhaps be taken into each class in the year group which is being taught that same lesson, so that the year group's views could be collated...

Results could then be presented in a display area which was set up to show the results of these year group polling activities.