Everybody Loves Pringles… Right?
By Anna S.
During the second week of school, 5th graders at Glenridge Elementary School got to work in teams to design a package with a Pringle in it to be shipped (without breaking) to Hudson Elementary school in Webster. The 5th graders at Hudson will also be shipping their boxes (with Pringles inside) to Glenridge.
“This is going to be harder than I thought.”
At first the 5th graders thought that this task would be easy. But, their ideas changed when they saw a video on how a package marked fragile gets treated by a mailman (or lady). Some things the mail carriers did included hitting the box, kicking the box, dropping the box and even throwing the box over the fence! Hopefully, our packages won’t be treated that harshly.
What’s gonna work? Teamwork!
To be successful, teams must work together, problem solve, and be flexible. Most students agreed that their groups worked well together. How were they able to be successful together you ask, well let's find out. 5th grader Amanda Miller says that her group “let everyone give ideas and use at least part of them.” 5th grader Alex Jue says that his group “brainstormed ideas and agreed to disagree.” On the other hand though, 5th grader Julia Mann says that her group didn’t work well because “Some people took charge and when other people had ideas, they ignored them and just used their own.” Though one person disagreed, I think we can say that the teams worked pretty well together.
Shoe Boxes...and Cotton Balls...and Tissues...Oh My!
As I mentioned before,the students thought that their task would be simple, but, of course the teachers had to throw a curveball at them. That “curveball” was that in your package, you weren’t allowed to use anything meant for packaging (except packaging tape). That included, thick boxes, bubble wrap, any kind of metal, and packaging peanuts. Though you weren’t allowed to use any of those materials, teams still figured it out. Some of the materials the teams used included, shoe boxes, tissue boxes, Pringle cans, pillow fluff, cotton balls, paper, news paper, shredded paper, and plastic bags. Teams were also allowed to write fragile on the box.
Waiting...and Waiting...and Waiting!
Every week, the 5th graders wait for Hudson Elementary’s Pringle boxes, then finally three weeks after making them (one week after shipping them), the Pringle boxes arrived at Glenridge! Now on Friday September 23rd, the Glenridge students will get to skype the Hudson students to open the boxes and find out if their Pringle survived. All the students are confident that their Pringle boxes will survive. But, will they really?
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