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ERIC Number: EJ769301
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Aug
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1062-9351
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Cereal Box Design: An Interdisciplinary Graphics Activity
Fitzgerald, Mike; Tsosie, Teri
Tech Directions, v64 n1 p22-25 Aug 2004
This article describes cereal box design, an interdisciplinary graphics activity. The cereal box design activity is intriguing both for its simplicity and the resourcefulness that it can generate in young people. It lends itself to a variety of curriculums. It covers both consumerism and Design for the Environment (DfE) concepts broadly and in depth. The activity introduces a wide range of topics. They include graphic design; basic drawing; sketching and rendering; measurement of area, volume, and weight; technical presentation skills; oral and written reports; the technological design process; applied problem solving; marketing; consumer research; ecopackaging; environmental education; recycling; point-of-purchase displays; and considerations of form, function, and aesthetics. Teachers can easily adapt the activity to serve as an interdisciplinary project throughout the school. Art, math, science, family and consumer sciences, music, health, history, social studies, language arts, English, and computer education each has a logical piece of the puzzle to contribute. Students can have related real world experience through a field trip to a local grocery store. They can research packaging, products, and consumer activity within their own community. Finally--and perhaps best of all--students find this activity fun, rewarding, and interesting. (Contains 1 table and 8 online resources.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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