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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear colleague<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On page 34 of today’s the age (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">melbourne</st1:place></st1:City>) magazine – there is a comparison
of ten reusable coffee cups (accompanied by photographs of each). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Suggested activities could include:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Develop a design brief that could have preceded the design
and development of the reusable coffee cup.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Develop criteria for evaluation of the reusable coffee cups.
Weight the criteria in terms of their importance – justify the weighting.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What is the relationship between the shape of the parts of
each coffee cup and its function?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cover over the testing section at the left hand top of the
page. Ask students what tests could be used to evaluate the cups.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Why has each cup been made out of particular material/s? What
are the environmental impacts of each cup through its life cycle? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What are the social implications of reusable cups?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Do you agree with the cup selected as ‘our pick’?
Give reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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