Lately it seems like everyone is carrying heavier and heavier backpacks around with them to school. With laptops, textbooks, pencil pouches and more, the weight of backpacks steadily gets heavier and heavier.
What are common materials found inside the average Sabercat’s backpack?
Laptops
Binders
Textbooks
Pencil pouches
Don’t forget, if you are in sports, you also probably might carry around sport gear in your backpack or in a separate bag, making your load that much heavier!
Is it inevitable that backpacks are just going to feel like bricks?
35 students took an anonymous survey to answer a couple of questions about carrying backpacks at Fossil. The results are listed below.
After weighing my own backpack from a Tuesday odd schedule, I was shocked to see just how heavy my backpack is:
23.4 pounds
It contained a laptop, three binders, a planner and one textbook.
Freaked out? Totally understandable, but knowing what your backpack weighs can give you that mental push towards starting to make a change in what you’re carrying to school.
Just think, what is there in my backpack that I can take out, trash, or condense? Specifically, if you carry around 2 inch binders, your backpack will be so much lighter by switching to a smaller binder, like a 1 inch one, and organizing papers in your binder so that you are only carrying around a what you absolutely need. Also, take out the textbooks and carry them in your arms, that way the weight of what you have to carry isn’t so overwhelming!
Once your backpack load is minimized, you’ll feel a noticeable difference that will leave you and your back happy.
Allison • Jan 29, 2015 at 9:51 am
I especially liked the graphs. It was quick and easy to read but very informative.
Katie T-Baumgartner • Nov 13, 2014 at 1:28 pm
Great job on giving information and surveys to prove a point. It’s very well written, great job. I also think the end was great, giving advice to lighten the weight, great thinking! .(^-^).
Lauren Scott • Nov 13, 2014 at 10:18 am
I think this is a really interesting thing to look at and I liked how it had studies to support it. I think this is something that every student should be aware of and it was very interesting to see.
Sydney Rose • Nov 13, 2014 at 10:16 am
I agree that the more paper in the binders makes your backpack heavier. I think it is a pain to have to carry around a laptop and a whole bunch of textbooks! This article is very valuable and I was interested in reading it. I think we should lighten our backpack load
Nikki • Nov 13, 2014 at 10:14 am
I really enjoyed this article! I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. My backpack is too heavy but I can’t leave things out! I really liked how you included graphs it allowed me to visually see what you are talking about. All in all a great article!
Topanga • Oct 13, 2014 at 5:13 pm
Is there really that much of a difference in weight between a one-inch binder and a two-inch binder?
Ellie Ewer • Oct 14, 2014 at 7:28 am
It really depends on how much paper and worksheets you fill them with! In general, I would say that without anything in it, a one-inch and two-inch binder probably weigh about the same. Undoubtedly though, a two-inch binder will be much heavier than a one-inch binder when it has been filled with papers, since it has a greater carrying capacity. Thanks for commenting!
-Ellie
Topanga • Oct 27, 2014 at 2:48 pm
Ah ok I would agree there. Thanks!