{"id":478,"date":"2014-03-23T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2023-02-01T08:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:01:28","slug":"its-all-about-the-freight-bestology-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/23\/its-all-about-the-freight-bestology-week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s All About the Freight \u2013 bESTology Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2939\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/types-of-transport-of-transporting-loads_52198633_0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2939\" alt=\"Image: frteq.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/types-of-transport-of-transporting-loads_52198633_0-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/types-of-transport-of-transporting-loads_52198633_0-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/types-of-transport-of-transporting-loads_52198633_0-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: frteq.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #7e101f;\"><b>It\u2019s All About the Freight \u2013 bESTology Week 8<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s a fact &#8211; we do not produce 100% of products needed in our hometown, e.g. food, building materials, automobiles, school supplies, etc.\u00a0 Therefore imports are essential.\u00a0 That means some sort of exchange with other states and even other nations.\u00a0 Goods being transported from place to place are referred to as <b>freight<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>bESTology 2014 has looked at the: surfaces freight travels; energy sources associated with that transport (week 7 and 2); mechanisms of travel (week 6); moving the freight safely (week 5); actual freight itself (week 4); and the folks that design the transport systems \u2013 the engineers (week 3).\u00a0 This week we will look more specifically at freight movement and the costs associated with this complex system.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e101f;\"><b>Resources:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.aeaweb.org\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1257\/jep.21.3.131\">Transportation Costs and International Trade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supply_chain_management\">Freight Rate \u2013 According to Wikipedia <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supply_chain_management\">Supply Chain Management \u2013 According to Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.hofstra.edu\/geotrans\/eng\/ch7en\/conc7en\/ch7c3en.html\">The Geography of Transport Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/worldfreightrates.com\/\">Freight Rate Calculator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yrc.com\/shippers\/freight-terms.html\">Glossary of Freight Terms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/state-fact-sheets.aspx#.Uy2MUhZm3ww\">State Facts Sheet \u2013 list of commodities and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/foreign-trade\/statistics\/state\/data\/index.html\">International Imports and Exports listed by State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trade.gov\/mas\/ian\/statereports\/\">Reports list for each State of the Impact of Foreign Trade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/2014\/03\/23\/freight-101\/\">Freight 101<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/2014\/03\/23\/globalization-flashback-to-1951\/\">Globalization:\u00a0 Flashback to 1951<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2013-BEST-Consumable-Kit-List.pdf\">2013 BEST Consumable Kit List<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestinc.org\/b_best_hubs.php\">BEST Hubs <\/a>\u00a0<i>&#8211; map with locations across America<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e101f;\"><b>Brainstorming:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now that our CPU\u2019s are complete (thanks to hard work during Gatekeeper 2013), BEST Manufacturing is ready to ship robots and we need your help.\u00a0 Using the Freight Rate Calculator above, calculate rail vs. truck shipping costs for a fully loaded 40\u2019 container of mechanical\/fabricated robot components valued at $250,000 from your hometown to Lubbock, TX.\u00a0 Debate the pros and cons of rail vs. trucks when considering points of pick up and delivery, time, weight and costs.\u00a0 Determine whether air or water transportation could possibly be a viable means of shipping the robots.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e101f;\"><b>Writing:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Game Time!\u00a0 Create a game with a goal of transporting a product from the east coast to the west coast. \u00a0Transportation costs (money), geography\/terrain, type of product, energy (fuel), mode of transportation, surcharges\/fees and infrastructures should be taken into consideration during game development.\u00a0 As in any game, rules are important. \u00a0Write a detailed set of rules and beta test the game with your classmates or family.\u00a0 Refine your rules reflecting feedback from the beta test.\u00a0 Share your game with other BEST teams this fall during the season of Bladerunner! \u00a0<i>Be sure to post photos of your game in action on our BEST Facebook page.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e101f;\"><b>BEST Robot:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t take things for granted\u201d, our elders often tell us.\u00a0 Have you ever considered where all the individual items in a BEST consumable kit are manufactured and how they arrive in your community?\u00a0 Review the kit list and research the closest manufacturer and how each item is transported as freight to BEST hubs across the country.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e101f;\"><b>Community Connection:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to the Journal of Economic Perspectives (David Hummels. 2007.\u00a0Transportation Costs and International Trade in the Second Era of Globalization.<i>\u00a0Journal of Economic Perspectives <\/i><b>3, <\/b>131-154), roughly 23% of world trade occurs between countries that share land borders.\u00a0 Trade between neighbors is dominated by surface modes like truck, rail and pipeline opposed to air and ocean.\u00a0 \u00a0How does this look between neighboring states in the U.S.?\u00a0 List the states that border your home state.\u00a0 Identify 10 items your state exports to your neighboring states and vice versa.\u00a0 Determine the mode of transportation for each commodity.\u00a0 Invite a guest from your local Economic Development office or Chamber of Commerce to share the economic impact of trade on your community.<\/p>\n<p>Challenge: Identify a Supply Chain Management engineer and invite him\/her to visit your classroom to share what a typical work day is like as an engineer.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy:<\/b> calculate, consider, create, debate, determine, identify, invite, list, refine, research, review, share, write.<\/p>\n<p><b>Workforce Skills:<\/b>\u00a0 reading comprehension, active listening, critical thinking, speaking, active learning, coordination, writing, systems analysis, complex problem solving, mathematics.<\/p>\n<p><i>Correlates with \u201cIt\u2019s All About the Money\u201d\u00a0 bESTology Week 9 &#8211; 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