Pringle_Challenge

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Concept:
Modern society relies on an effective distribution system. The US Commerce Department reports that "Spending in the U.S. logistics and transportation industry totaled $1.33 trillion in 2012, and represented 8.5 percent of annual gross domestic product (GDP)." Furthermore, the EPA reports that "packaging constitutes as much as one-third of the non-industrial solid waste stream." This makes packaging an important topic, from both an economic and an environmental viewpoint.
 * Find a way to protect a single Pringle chip sent through the mail.
 * Work with a partner OR by yourself.
 * Make your container economically viable and environmentally responsible.
 * Document your process of design, engineering, and manufacture according to educationally appropriate standards.
 * Assess your success and compare it to other projects completed at Upper Merion Area High School.

Contest:
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 * In addition to the grade you receive, we will measure your project in class, calculate its score, and compare your results with other projects.
 * These measurements will NOT reveal your grade for the project, and it is possible to win the Contest without getting a good grade, and it is possible to earn a good grade even if your Pringle arrives damaged.
 * The contest will make one judgement and two measurements in order to assign a score. The equation to calculate your score will be: **Score = (Intact-ness)/(Mass*Volume)**
 * "Intactness" is judged according to the chart below:
 * **Intactness** || **Description** || **Score** ||
 * Perfectly Intact || Like it just left the factory || 100 Million
 * Slightly Damaged || Cracked, but still in one piece || 50 Million
 * Chipped Chip || Broken along the edges, but less than 5 pieces || 10 Million
 * Split Chip || The chip is broken into two fairly equal pieces || 10 Million
 * Significantly Damaged || Chipped and/or cracked into less than 20 pieces || 5 Million
 * Pringle Dust || Too many pieces to count (more than 20) || 1 Million

Deadlines:
Check Schoology for your deadlines!

Grades:
Check Schoology for your grading standards!

Contest Results
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Click here for a copy of this year's results spreadsheet that you can sort, filter, average to study "industry standards"!