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WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!!!!!

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT SOME ICE CREAM COMES IN RECTANGULAR BOXES AND SOME ICE CREAM COMES IN TUBS?  IS THIS BECAUSE OF AESTHETICS, TRADITION, OR COST?
TASK
RESOURCES
PROCESS
GUIDANCE
CONCLUSION
Animation's from "Web Animations Explosion".
GRADING RUBRIC

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TASK: You are the engineer in charge of the packaging needed at the Adams Ice Cream Shoppe for the new flavor of ice cream, GEOMETRY CRUNCH. The owner wants the package to hold a volume of 1/2 gallon.



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RESOURCES:

  1. Frequently asked questions about packaging food items - questions that you need to consider while solving this problem.
  2. Packaging particulars - specific questions to ask yourself when solving this problem.
  3. Math formulas and conversion tables - access to the formulas and conversions needed for this project.
  4. Corrugated board - a type of material for consideration.
  5. Paper board packaging - another type of material for consideration.
  6. Foam packaging - another type of material for consideration.
  7. Injection Molded Plastic Containers - another type of material for consideration.
  8. Packaging particulars - other considerations when thinking about packaging items.
  9. Environmentally friendly packages - article and links about packaging in the ice cream industry.
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PROCESS:

You need to:
   a.
     Accurately identifying obstacles to solving this problem.
   b.
     Propose more than one way of solving the problem(s).
   c.
     Identify how the problem was solved and explain what happened.
   d.
     Explain your decision for solving the problem that way.

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GUIDANCE:

Open and print the worksheet (PDF form) to help guide you through the thinking processes to solve this problem.  Click here if you need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Open the grading rubric below to see what level of thinking is required for a score of '4' in each category.
 
 


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CONCLUSION:

Surface Area and Volume of objects are very important to consumers.  These measurements determine how much we are getting in a package and how much the company needs to add on to the price to compensate for the cost of the package.  Some things sell better if they are in prettier packages and other things sell better if they are economically packaged.  Which did you decide was true for the ice cream?
 
 


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GRADING RUBRIC: Assessing the Analytical Thinking Process


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