Monday, January 21, 2013

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Standards and Square Watermelons

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Standards and Square Watermelons:


Common Core Standards and Square Watermelons

by stlgretchen

No, these aren't watermelon designed candles! They are actually fruits ready for shipping. It seems a little crazy but when you put a form around an immature fruit or vegetable it will grow to fit into that form. Apparently these watermelon can be shipped in greater quantities by shaping them. No joke! From Wikipedia: "In Japan, farmers of the Zentsuji region found a way to grow cubic watermelons by growing the fruits in glass boxes and letting them naturally assume the shape of the receptacle. The square shape supposedly makes the melons easier to stack and store, but the cubic watermelons are often more than double the price of normal ones. Using similar techniques, growers have also created more complex shapes of watermelon, including dice, pyramids, and faces."

A visual representation of common core standards for common students.
Everybody will be the same with the same standards.
 
 
 
No, these aren't watermelon designed candles! They are actually fruits ready for shipping. It seems a little crazy but when you put a form around an immature fruit or vegetable it will grow to fit into that form. Apparently these watermelon can be shipped in greater quantities by shaping them. No joke!

 
From Wikipedia: "In Japan, farmers of the Zentsuji region found a way to grow cubic 
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