2020 Presentation
It's Hip to Be Square: Measurment, Blueprint Reading, and Quality Manufacturing in STEM
From Friday night's pizza box, to a new home appliance, to an online pachage someone designed a box to fit. We will share our classroom-proven unit for teaching the value of accurate measurements and assessing quality in manufacturing, Moving beyond traditionla ruler lessons where students draw 1-dimensional lines on a worksheet, our staff created a unit where students read blueprints and lay out their projects to create 3-dimensional paper boxes. In addition to the accuracy of the measurements, we also evaluate squareness, fit to finish, and overall appearance to promote quality in manufacturing.
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