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Honors Geometry =Designing an Efficient Product Package Activity = Online shopping is becoming more and more popular. As a result, companies that ship items around the country are always looking for better packages that will be cheaper, more efficient and result in items arriving in good condition. TODAY - You will be the "package engineers" in charge of researching and designing the best possible package for a given item! ||  || Go to the following website Building a Box 1) Choose the dimension of the cardboard.2) Change the size of the cutout.3) Record the resulting volume and surface area in a new Excel spreadsheet. Use the column titles: size of cutout, length of box, height of box, width of box, surface area of box, and volume of box. Save your spreadsheet to your H:drive. 4) Be sure to gather data for at least 8 different possible cutouts. Include the largest and smallest possible cutouts. ||  || You must create TWO line graphs showing the data you collected. (Height vs. Surface area of box and Height vs. Volume of the box). Include in a textbox, the maximum and minimum values for both the height vs. surface area graph and the height vs. volume graph. When you are finished, save your excel sheet on your H:drive (save with your name) and drop them in the Honors Geometry drop box. ||  || 1) Your end box will NOT have a lid. However, items should fit perfectly in the package so that with a cover, there will be no shifting or moving during transport.2) Choose an item from the options on display in the classroom. 3) Measure the item and write the name of the item and its dimensions in the header of a new Excel sheet. 4) You will need to design your package to hold 12 of the items (one dozen). 5) You must design a package for at least 6 possible stacking possibilities //(for example: you could put licorice sticks in a package of three rows of four. two rows of three that are three stacks high, etc.). Challenge: What is the maximum number of possible box sizes? //6) Find the surface area **(Do not include the lid in surface area calculations!!)** and volume of each of the packages you designed. Record the resulting volume and surface area in the Excel spreadsheet. Use the column titles:length of box, height of box, width of box, surface area of box, and volume of box. Save your spreadsheet to your H:drive. ||  || Spend fifteen minutes researching and discussing what makes for a good package design (shape, efficiency, visual appeal, practicality, cost). The following websites may be helpful in making your decision: 1 2 3. Based upon this information, you must choose **__ONE __** of your designs as the best box for this product. You must provide a written explanation using a word document to the company stating the dimensions that you chose for the shipping package and your ezplanation of why this box size and shape provides the optimal packaging for the item. You must also include the price of the materials involved in making the box if the materials cost $.0004 / sq. cm. Save the document with your name to your H drive. ||  || Now...actually create the box you designed using posterboard. We will test in class whether twelve of the items you chose actually fit in the box without extra space, damage to the items, or movement during shipping. Photograph the items in the box and attach the photo to the excel sheet. When you are finished, save your excel sheet on your H:drive (save with your name) and drop the excel and word documents in the Honors Geometry drop box. ||  || These sites may be helpful in completing your assignment:: <span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[] <span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[] <span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[] <span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[] <span style="color: #003366; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[] ||  ||
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 * || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Directions <span class="fnt0" style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Follow the steps below <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">in order ** <span class="fnt0" style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> to complete this project. You will begin with a single sheet of material and you will discover how the volume and surface area are affected as you change the way you build the box. ||  ||
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