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Snack Food Manufacturing is described in a book titled "Snack Food." At this site, you'll get a brief synopsis and rundown of everything that's involved in the process.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has "Manufacturing is Cool!" a site that shows the interesting, desirable and challenging careers in manufacturing. Check out the "virtual" plant tours - there are many, ranging from candy to kayaks - and get information on scholarships, competitions and accredited manufacturing programs.
The National Association of Manufacturers site talks about the field of manufacturing and describes career opportunities.
The Careers in Manufacturing is a web site run by Lehigh University which details the industry's need for people who choose that career, and offers resources for additional information.
Cooking by Numbers in a feature of Math in Daily Life, an Annenburg/CPB project.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics - Employment and Training Administration's site has information for students on how to choose a career.
Hot Links to Career Web Sites! is provided by the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District.
Ingredients & Supplies: What, How Much & When
In what must be the biggest site ever, you'll find over 8,000 conversions at Online Conversion. Conversions are organized by type (temperature, length, cooking, etc.), and each conversion page includes lots of options.
Cooking Measures and Conversion Calculator for students, to help them in converting to metric, as well in weight to mass conversions.
Having problems with metric conversion? A Metric conversion chart is available at this site.
Additional help on converting between different measured units is available through WebMath
A Metric Conversion Chart provides a quick and easy way to convert inches to centimeters, pounds to kilograms, etc.
Create A Snack
The Mathematical Art of M.C. Escher explores the "visual math" world of Escher, who used math ideas to create beautiful works of art.
M.C. Escher features not only Escher's works, but also shows you, step by step, "How to Make a Tessellation," using the paint program that came with your computer.
"Totally Tessellated" is a well-done site on - tessellations, of course! It features over 100 dynamic pages with quality illustrations, photographs, and links. Main topics: History of Tessellations, Essentials, Mosaics/Tilings, Escher, and beyond. Background Information has links to polygons and angles, symmetry and transformations, regular polygons, plus links to a simple introduction to tessellations and to the effect of color usage on tessellated designs. Regular Tessellations contains links to real examples.
"Tessellating Animation" features the animated tessellating artwork of Makoto Nakamura. Downloading the various files will take time, but the results are well worth it!
The Math Forum has a page which features a definition of tessellations as well as examples of regular and semi-regular tessellations.
Another great Math Forum page features links related to tessellations. A brief description is included with each link, along with a rating as to whether the site is appropriate for elementary, middle, high school or advanced students.
TeachNet features a lesson in which students will create a tessellation and find where tessellations are used in the "real world."
M.C. Escher: Artist or Mathematician?
The background for the home page is an example of a tessellation. Click on the word "tessellations" on the home page to see more examples of tessellations in his work as well as "Mathematical Classification of Tessellation." Welcome to the World of Escher! M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist recognized for his tessellations. Click on the "Art Gallery" on the left side of the home page to see Escher designs.
"Tessellation Project" is a page designed by a teacher that gives a lesson on tessellations - great for extra credit or students looking for additional challenges.
"Mathematical Basis of Interlocking Shapes" is a page that features hints and shortcuts to make tessellations as well as a large list of Tessellation links.
Snacks in a Box
"Area: What's a SQUARE Foot?" is a lesson for teachers designed by the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but the site contains information that will help students in understanding the concepts of area and volume.
Looking for a career designing product boxes? Check out this article by a graphic designer to find out how she made it work.
Snacks: What Do You Like?
Having trouble visualizing a graph to represent the data you collected in your survey? Check out the Graphing Tutorial which shows the basic concepts, types of graphs and style issues.
Surveys can be conducted in many different ways. Action Research from the Oregon Public Education Network has a great overview of methods at Data Collection Techniques.
Concordia University also features a "slide show" of Data Collection Techniques.
Brainstorming is a great way for students to generate ideas. You'll find tips on good brainstorming techniques at this site, as well as at Mind Tools.