Cups Challenge

[Ezekiel Tulagan]

Thesky isn't the limit when it comes to testing innovations for a more sustainable future. Delta recently completed its second annual Sustainable Flight Challenge using its most fuel-efficient aircraft with roundtrip flights from Los Angeles to Atlanta (medium-haul domestic) on May 17, and Atlanta to Paris (long-haul international) on May 23.

Organized by the SkyTeam Alliance, this challenge tasks participating airlines around the world to activate around passenger flights with sustainability in mind to help accelerate innovation throughout the industry.

Levels 1 & 2 both have one side that is just the steady beat while the other side has a little bit more going on rhythmically. The performance process goes as follows: the Left hand starts, followed by the Right hand, and then both hands at the same time.

I am sure you are aware, but not all of your students may be aware that they can adjust the playback speed of videos on YouTube. Definitely teach them how they can do this to allow them to feel successful and work their way up to the original speed! This helps immensely with individual practicing! I started them on .75 speed, which I found perfect for their ability level! When they sent me their videos, I said they could try to go full speed or even (if they are daring) 1.25 speed!

Honestly, I have seen all types of variations/substitutions, such as using markers as their cups and writing out the circles on a dry-erase board. A student could even just use his or her hands by tapping the table! The name of the game is helping and allowing them to be creative, problem-solving individuals. They will come up with some innovative solutions!

STEM challenges for kids are an easy way to work science, technology, engineering and mathematic principles into play. Today we are doing a red cup challenge that is one of our favorite STEM activities. In the red cup STEM challenge, kids will explore STEM planning, experimenting and implementation all within the framework of a fun game.

About two years ago I started teaching an integrated science course. The Integrated Science Class is a large class of 39 kids, with mixed grades (3rd to 8th graders) and we strive to mix science, technology, engineering and math skills each week, learning by solving challenges.

At the beginning of the class we broke the kids into teams. We typically run 35-40 kids a class period, breaking into teams makes the class more manageable. The teams are completely random, and each week the kids are paired with a new group and new challenges.

The ultimate goal of the red cup STEM challenge was that teams needed to make a pyramid of red cups and place a LEGO minifigure on the top of the tower WITHOUT TOUCHING THE CUPS OR THE FIGURE WITH THEIR HANDS.

The foodservice industry has been working toward a more sustainable cup for many years, but have yet to find a solution that addresses the structural and commercial systems that produce, collect and recover our cups, while also meeting industry standards.

The NextGen Cup Challenge aims to push the boundaries of sustainable design and material and chemical innovation to solve a prevalent global waste issue. We are calling on innovators, suppliers, designers, and problem-solvers to join the Challenge and reinvent the fiber cup system.

At OpenIDEO, we believe that new and existing ideas become better through collaboration, transparent feedback, and iteration. Participants are encouraged to build off of others' concepts, collaboratively share insights, and combine ideas to reach new innovation spaces.

Participants are welcome to submit solutions through either a public or non-public submission channel. For those innovators who wish to opt out of posting on the public platform, please select the "non-public" submission option.

The goal of the Challenge is to identify and commercialize existing and new cup solutions designed to be recoverable at their highest material value. We are seeking solutions that will accommodate the infrastructure of different global regions and, when recycled or composted, produce quality materials that carry high economic value in recovery markets around the world.

Solutions must be recoverable and address the fiber-based hot and cold cup; however, ideas may also include cup lids, sleeves, straws, liners, and/or consider reuse and alternative delivery systems. Ideas may also consider hot and cold cups separately.

Materials used in solutions should aim to be ethically and sustainably sourced, contain recycled content, and consider how the disposal of this product will be accessible to differing recycling and composting infrastructures around the world. Any cup designs developed through this Challenge must meet or exceed foodservice industry health, safety, and environmental performance standards.

The NextGen Cup Challenge is an open innovation initiative seeking to identify and commercialize existing and future solutions for the single-use, hot and cold fiber cup. The Challenge is the first part of a multi-year, multi-industry global consortium that aims to accelerate the design, commercialization, and recovery of packaging alternatives.

As a participant in the Challenge, you will retain intellectual property ownership of all your Challenge submission ideas. There is no transfer of intellectual property rights to any third party as a condition of participating in the Challenge. Please review our full Terms & Conditions before submitting a concept.

Top Ideas will receive funding, with up to six of the most promising early- and growth-stage winners also receiving the option to advance to a business accelerator program to receive further assistance in scaling and commercializing their solutions. These solutions will receive exceptional foodservice and recovery-system industry access to test, pilot, and enhance their solution through partnerships, with the potential for capital investment in the accelerator and licensing through Consortium members. Large companies who do not participate in the business accelerator program will also have access to testing and piloting opportunities.

The cup supplier community will play a key role in activating the promising solutions identified by the Challenge. The Consortium will engage this expertise throughout the accelerator, testing and piloting phases to identify opportunities for knowledge-sharing and collaboration with Challenge participants.

Startups invited to advance to the business accelerator program, who choose to participate, will not be required to provide an equity stake, warrant, or other investment commitment. Challenge and Accelerator participants are eligible for investment consideration if they so choose.

Solutions entered into the Challenge must be recoverable and address the fiber-based hot and cold cup; however, ideas may also include cup lids, sleeves, straws, liner innovations, and/or consider reuse and alternative delivery systems. Ideas may also consider hot and cold cups separately.

Individuals, teams of individuals, and legal entities from all countries and territories are welcome and encouraged to participate. Participants must be serious about advancing their solution beyond the Challenge, and plan to scale their product globally (if not already operating at scale).

The public submission channel permits ideas to be viewed and further developed by the entire OpenIDEO community. At OpenIDEO, we find that opening ideas to a global community with a variety of experiences, cultural backgrounds, and areas of expertise holds rich learning opportunities and the potential for real and lasting impact, including inspiring conversations and unexpected collaborations.

We understand that not all innovators will want to share their ideas publicly. To account for this, we have created a submission channel for those innovators or companies who wish to opt out of sharing their ideas openly with the broader public. If this is you, and you would prefer your idea to be viewable only to NextGen Consortium and a panel of Judges, please select the non-publicly viewable submission channel.

By opting for the non-publicly viewable submission channel, you will not be able to take advantage of the OpenIDEO community to generate feedback, build upon one another's ideas, or receive targeted comments and questions from our global network of innovators.

Recoverable: After a customer discards a fiber cup, the collection, processing and use of the cup's raw material components is referred to as recovery. For the hot and cold fiber cup to be recoverable and kept out of landfills, its raw material components must have value to end markets that can use the materials and to the various businesses that would meet the needs of those markets. Recovery markets can include, but aren't limited to, recycling and composting.

Fiber: Wood fibers are typically cellulosic elements extracted from trees and used to make materials including paper. The hot and cold fiber cup, also called the paper cup, is typically a single-use, disposable cup comprised of fiber and wax or plastic linings to prevent leaks.

Recovering cups for composting or recycling after customer use is a critical step, otherwise cups can still end up in landfills. NextGen Consortium members and our value chain partners contribute their marketing, customer engagement and waste logistics expertise to the NextGen Cup Challenge and Business Accelerator to help with communicating new cup solutions to customers. In 2019, value chain partners will contribute in-store and on-location piloting opportunities, including customer marketing and communication.

To set up the blow-cup challenge in the classroom, you will need a variety of cups and water. We tested 4 different cups. Little plastic cups, paper cups, large solo-type plastic cups, Styrofoam cups and paper coffee cups all work great. If you are doing the test in elementary, a smaller cup will have a higher success rate since those little lungs are limited in how much air they can push!

3a8082e126