Mr. Lehmkuhl's GATE Class: The Cereal Aisle

🔁 Big Idea: Patterns

🛒 Investigate the Cereal Aisle

Here's a made-up grocery store shelf. Tap any box to investigate it. A little window will pop up telling you what's really going on!

👁️ Before you tap anything: which box did YOUR eyes go to first?

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📋 Real Grocery Store Checklist

Next time you're at a store with a parent, guardian, or teacher-approved adult, try this. Check off what you notice. You're just observing, not buying anything.

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⚠️ Before you go: Stay with your supervising adult the whole time. Follow all store rules. Don't block the aisle for other shoppers. Don't take photos of other people without asking permission.

📖 Vocabulary

These words will help you talk about what you notice. Tap a card to flip it and reveal what it means!

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🔗 Match Them Up!

Tap a word, then tap the definition that goes with it. Read carefully, they're shuffled!

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🕵️ Spot the Tricks

Meet Puffy Pops! Tap every part of this box that you think is designed to grab your attention. The tricks are hidden, so look closely. Can you find all 6?

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🌍 Patterns Everywhere

You've learned to spot these patterns in the cereal aisle. Do the SAME patterns show up anywhere else? Pick a scene below, choose which patterns you think apply, then check your answers!

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👀 Same Cereal, Two Boxes

Look closely at the nutrition labels at the bottom of both boxes. They match! The cereal inside is exactly the same. The only thing that changed is the box.

A plain beige Puffo Pops box with small dark letters and a bowl of cereal — Box Aplain and quiet

VS

A bright blue Puffo Pops box with rainbow bubble letters, a tiger mascot, and a Prize Inside starburst — Box Bbright and loud

🤔 Which box would a kid reach for first? Name every technique the designers added to Box B. You know the words for them now!

🎨 Design Your Own Cereal Box

Now it's your turn. Name your cereal, then pick a few techniques from this unit. Watch your own cereal box come to life!

🏷️ Name your cereal:

⚖️ You Be the Regulator

Parents and doctors are worried about marketing patterns aimed at kids. As a regulator, what do you do?

🏆 Cereal Box Challenge: Build It, Then Spot It

This is a real project you can do in class!

🎯 Learning goal: if you can build the technique yourself, on purpose, that proves you really understand how it works, not just what it looks like.

🖼️ Designer Inspiration Wall

Study these boxes before you build yours. Tap a box to look closer. How many techniques can you count on each one?

🥣 The Cereal Aisle