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compel cereal companies to modify the internal surfaces of their cereal boxes. A precise, one centimeter, square grid should be designed and printed on the inside surface of all cereal boxes. Example:
Boxboard is a great free construction material for students to use. It was, after cardboard, the most valuable construction material in my classroom.
To make my grided boxboard example I cut through the side of a cereal box with a pair of standard scissors, trimmed the surface's edge with a utility knife, and finished by going to my drafting machine and drawing the one centimeter grid.
It took me about ten minutes but
don’t expect an elementary teacher to do this for every student in their class. It's too complicated, too time consuming, and too difficult.
Studying the metric system is fundamental to learning math, science and technology (MST)skills. The metric system of measurement is MST's standard unit of measurement and it is used by just about every country in the world.
The great thing about the system is that it is easy to calculate because it uses multiples of tens. Some measurement systems are based on measurements of body parts like feet. That doesn't make sense.
But if students were to recycle and transport internal grid cereal boxes from their home to the classroom, students and teachers would take to this free construction material with great enthusiasm!
To make my grided boxboard example I cut through the side of a cereal box with a pair of standard scissors, trimmed the surface's edge with a utility knife, and finished by going to my drafting machine and drawing the one centimeter grid.
It took me about ten minutes but
don’t expect an elementary teacher to do this for every student in their class. It's too complicated, too time consuming, and too difficult.
Studying the metric system is fundamental to learning math, science and technology (MST)skills. The metric system of measurement is MST's standard unit of measurement and it is used by just about every country in the world.
The great thing about the system is that it is easy to calculate because it uses multiples of tens. Some measurement systems are based on measurements of body parts like feet. That doesn't make sense.
But if students were to recycle and transport internal grid cereal boxes from their home to the classroom, students and teachers would take to this free construction material with great enthusiasm!
How much would it coast a company that sells cereal to print this grid? Micro-pennies per box! They do it now. Look at this Rice Krispies Treats recipe on the inside of a Rice Krispie Box.
Also cereal Companies should undertake the promotion of recycling and repurposing of cereal boxes (boxboard) in the classroom.
Approximately seventy percent of cereal boxes are recycled, the other 30 percent is thrown in the garbage.
Cereal companies should consider promoting the metric system. They could use part of the exterior of their boxes to inform students of the proper names used in the metric measurements system.
Here is an example of one of the many different size cereal boxes that I sprayed with blackboard paint and used as a test for understanding metric linear, area and volume calculations.
The students in my class thoroughly enjoyed this exercise because I set it up as a team effort. It gave gifted students in my class a chance to help me and be student teachers.Make the metric system a focal point of learning.
Approximately seventy percent of cereal boxes are recycled, the other 30 percent is thrown in the garbage.
Cereal companies should consider promoting the metric system. They could use part of the exterior of their boxes to inform students of the proper names used in the metric measurements system.
Here is an example of one of the many different size cereal boxes that I sprayed with blackboard paint and used as a test for understanding metric linear, area and volume calculations.
The students in my class thoroughly enjoyed this exercise because I set it up as a team effort. It gave gifted students in my class a chance to help me and be student teachers.Make the metric system a focal point of learning.
Students need new MST skills to cope with the future. This potential, repurposed, standardized grided building material is a simple, easy solution to give teachers an affordable material that helps the environment.
Boxboard, with a metric grid, is an interesting material for students to use because they learn new skills, and it allows them to be creative. Design and creativity is essential to their future.
Why the Square Centimeter Grid?
Everything man-made in our modern world was visualized and drawn on a two or three dimensional grid; the house you live in, the car you drive, the coffee machine that brews you a cup of coffee. That's how technology works.
I and all other designers have the ability to visualize three separate grids in our mind when we design something; front, top and side. These three grids must come together as a unit. Kid's need to learn this skill.
That’s why I want a grid, a metric grid on the inside of cereal boxes for kids to visualize and use. Patience and public support are what’s needed to get my project on its way.
I feel confident that the public instinctively knows that our world will soon be in the hands of ten-year-olds and these kids need the right design,math, science and technology skills to take over the design mantle. They need to invent the things that will move their future forward.
It’s your job to put pressure on all parts of government to get it done.
The federal government controls what is printed on the inside and outside of a cereal box. Cereal companies need to print a high quality one centimeter grid on the inside.
I studied graphic arts. It's a piece of cake to do the job! Let's get started.
Boxboard, with a metric grid, is an interesting material for students to use because they learn new skills, and it allows them to be creative. Design and creativity is essential to their future.
Why the Square Centimeter Grid?
Everything man-made in our modern world was visualized and drawn on a two or three dimensional grid; the house you live in, the car you drive, the coffee machine that brews you a cup of coffee. That's how technology works.
I and all other designers have the ability to visualize three separate grids in our mind when we design something; front, top and side. These three grids must come together as a unit. Kid's need to learn this skill.
That’s why I want a grid, a metric grid on the inside of cereal boxes for kids to visualize and use. Patience and public support are what’s needed to get my project on its way.
I feel confident that the public instinctively knows that our world will soon be in the hands of ten-year-olds and these kids need the right design,math, science and technology skills to take over the design mantle. They need to invent the things that will move their future forward.
It’s your job to put pressure on all parts of government to get it done.
The federal government controls what is printed on the inside and outside of a cereal box. Cereal companies need to print a high quality one centimeter grid on the inside.
I studied graphic arts. It's a piece of cake to do the job! Let's get started.
How we organized and used boxboard on Father's Day
