CONTENT
- WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WEEK OVERVIEW
- CORPORATIONS GIVE GENEROUSLY TO AZ STUDENTS
- STORES PUSH GROCERY BAG RECYCLING PROGRAM
- ARE YOU SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE 4TH GRADER?
- A GALLERY OF LEARNING FROM WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WEEK 2008
- WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WEEK "PROCLAMATION"
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WEEK OVERVIEW
Students from Carver Elementary in Yuma thank Food City for hosting a visit to their local supermarket.
It was an opportunity to learn, a chance to explore the neighborhood supermarket – and a chance to get out of class for a day.
But most of all, the 2008 celebration of Arizona Weights and Measures Week was a day of fun, and an opportunity to put some math skills to good use. More than 500 students from Yuma, Tucson, South Scottsdale, Mesa and Flagstaff received lessons in how to be better consumers and how to get some more value by recycling their plastic grocery bags.
The annual celebration was a joint venture between the Department of Weights and Measures, The Arizona Food Marketing Alliance, and staff from Fry’s, Albertson’s, Bashas’/Food City and Safeway supermarkets.
CORPORATIONS GIVE GENEROUSLY TO AZ STUDENTS
Giving generously has become a major tradition among participants in the annual celebration of Arizona Weights and Measures Week.
Approximately 500 students received bags containing a wide array of gift items from participating stores, The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Phoenix Cardinals, and the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures.
STORES PUSH GROCERY BAG RECYCLING PROGRAM
Chuck Young and John Cuccio of Fry’s Foods offer tips on recycling grocery bags to Mesa’s Emerson Elementary School Students.
A recycling program that began as a voluntary effort in Phoenix is being expanded into a statewide drive to reduce the number of plastic grocery bags that find their way into Arizona landfills.
The Arizona Food Marketing Alliance joined with the City of Phoenix in November to encourage the reuse of plastic grocery bags. City officials estimate that more than 300 million of plastic bags are used by its residents each year. These bags, which are made from petroleum, end up in landfills unless they are recycled or reused, and it takes up to 1,000 years for them to break down.
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE 4TH GRADER?
Teacher Louise Knepper from Carver Elementary in Yuma helps students gather information on measurements during a visit to a local Food City.
Students who participated in Weights and Measures Week 2008 got out of school for a half-day, but that doesn’t mean they missed out on learning.
Each student was provided with a number of tools to help them understand weights, measures, and the benefits from being a smart consumer:
- A “Scavenger Hunt,” in which each student was encouraged to find the answer to questions at each supermarket station they visited.
A GALLERY OF LEARNING FROM WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WEEK 2008
Students from Esperanza Elementary School in Tucson gather to begin their tour of a neighborhood Fry’s Foods supermarket in South Central Tucson.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WEEK "PROCLAMATION"
