Lab – Analyze a Process Objective

In this activity, you will analyze processes evident in routine personal activities by drawing the relationships
between inputs, actions, and outputs.

Background/Scenario
A process is a collection of input, action, and output that achieves specific results. In this activity, you will
review some of your routine personal activities and determine the process to accomplish these activities. You
will provide the inputs, actions, and outputs for some of the routine daily activities, such as driving a car, as
mentioned earlier.

Laundry
View the task of washing your clothes as a process with inputs, actions, and outputs.

Laundry
Input Action Output
Dirty clothes Sort them by color Sorted clothes
Sorted clothes and laundry Put clothes and detergent in the Clean and wet clothes
detergent washer and start the washer
Wet clothes Put wet clothes in the dryer Clean and dry clothes
Clean and dry clothes Fold and put the clean and dry Clean laundry
clothes away

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Activity – Analyze a Process

Make a Simple Breakfast

View the task of making breakfast as a process with inputs, actions, and outputs. Fill in the empty fields with
the appropriate input, action, or output.

Make a Simple Breakfast

Input Action Output
Shopping list Go to the store to purchase the
items on the shopping list
Eggs Scrambled and cooked eggs
Cook the bacon Cooked bacon

Make Ice Cream

In this challenge activity, you will analyze the numbered steps to make vanilla ice cream and translate them
into inputs, actions, and outputs.
Instructions to make vanilla ice cream:
1. Stir white sugar, heavy cream, and milk in a saucepan. Heat the mixture using low heat until the
sugar is dissolved. Continue to heat until the mixture is hot, and a small ring of foam forms around the
edge.
2. Transfer the mixture to a large container. Stir in vanilla extract. Chill the mixture for at least two hours.
3. Pour the cold mixture into an ice cream making machine. Churn the ice cream according to the
machine directions.
4. When ready, serve the ice cream.

Making Ice Cream

Input Action Output

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