1. An educational game, comprising:
a first game component having either a first letter or a first number; a first point value and a first type indicator which indicates the first game component type;
a second game component having either a second letter, a second number, or a mathematical operator; a second point value and a second type indicator which indicates the second game component type, wherein the second game component type is different than the first;
a playing field having first, second, and third game component fields, wherein the first game component field has a predetermined area for a game component of a first game component type, the second game component field has a predetermined area for a game component of a second game component type, and the third game component field has an area for game components of either the first or second game component type, wherein the first letter or first number of the first game component and the second letter, second number, or mathematical operator of the second game component are combinable to form an expression having a point value based on at least the first and second point values.
2. The educational game of claim 1, wherein the first game component type is a consonant and the second game component type includes a vowel, such that a word may be formed by a user in the third game component field using first and second game components.
3. The educational game of claim 1, wherein the first game component type is a number, and the second game component type is a number or an operator, such that a mathematical expression may be formed by a user in the third game component field using first and second game components.
4. The educational game of claim 1, wherein the first or second game components include an effect, wherein the effect may affect the efficacy or point value of other game components.
5. A method of playing an educational game, comprising:
providing a plurality of game components with first and second game component types each having a predetermined point value, wherein a first game component type is one of a letter and a number and the second game component type is at least one of a letter, a number, and a mathematical operator, wherein at least one of the first and second game components includes an effect which augments the efficacy or value of at least one game component;
selecting at least one first game component and at least one second game component;
placing at least the first and second game components in a playing field; and
forming an expression with the first and second game components.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising initiating an effect on at least one of the game components by placing at least the first and second game components in a playing field and augmenting the efficacy or point value of the at least one game component.
7. The method of claim 5, further comprising creating a set of first and second game components from a predetermined number of the first and second game components;
selecting first and second game components from the set to form an expression in the playing field.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the set is comprised of two separate fields including a first field for containing a predetermined number of first game components and a second field for containing a predetermined number of second game components.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the predetermined number of first game components is five and the predetermined number of second game components is three.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising a third field for containing a predetermined number of second game components for use in forming expressions or initiating effects on the at least one game component; and
selecting the at least one second game component; and
placing the at least one second game component in the third field.
11. The method of claim 5, wherein the first game component type is a consonant, the second game component type is a vowel, and forming an expression with the first and second game components includes forming a word.
12. The method of claim 5, wherein the first game component type is a number, and the second game component type is a number or an operator, and forming an expression with the first and second game components includes forming a mathematical expression.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing a one of an equality symbol, a greater than symbol, and a lesser than symbol; and
forming a mathematical expression by selecting one of the equality, greater than, or lesser than symbols in combination with the first and second game components, wherein at least one of the second game components is an operator.
14. An educational game, comprising:
a first game component having a first symbol designating a first expression portion for the first game component; a first power field indicating the power or effect of the first game component over the first game component or other game components; a first point value; a first game component type identifier to distinguish the type of game component between the first game component and a second game component having a different type than the first game component;
a second game component having a symbol designating a second expression portion for the second game component, a second power field indicating the power or effect of the second game component over the second game component or other game components; a second point value; a second game component type identifier to distinguish the type of game component between the first game component and the second game component having a different type than the first game component;
wherein the first and second game components may be combined during game play to form an expression comprised of the first and second symbols, the expression having a point value based upon the sum of the first and second point values.
15. The educational game of claim 14, wherein the first and second expression portions are letters, and the expression is a word.
16. The educational game of claim 14, wherein the first and second expression portions are one of a number and an operator, and the expression is a mathematical equation or inequality.
17. The educational game of claim 15, wherein the first expression portion is a consonant, and the second expression portion is a vowel.
18. The educational game of claim 16, wherein the first expression portion is a number and the second expression portion is a number or an operator.
19. The educational game of claim 18, wherein the first expression portion comprises one of a number between 2 and 9, inclusive, and the second expression portion comprises one of the numbers 0 and 1 or a mathematical operator.
20. The educational game of claim 14, further comprising a playing field having separate first and second portions for holding the first and second game components prior to being played to form the expression.
21. The educational game of claim 15, wherein the first portion holds five first game components and the second portion holds three second game components, and the playing field further comprises an expression field for containing the first and second game components selected by a user to form the expression.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A container comprising a food or beverage container, wherein at least a portion of an inside surface of the container is coated with a composition comprising a polymer having one or more segments of Formula I:
\u2014O\u2014Ar\u2014Rn\u2014C(O)\u2014O\u2014R1\u2014O\u2014C(O)\u2014Rn\u2014Ar\u2014O\u2014
wherein:
each Ar is independently a divalent aryl group or heteroarylene group;
each R is independently a divalent organic group;
R1 is a divalent organic group; and
each n is 0 or 1.
2. The container of claim 1, wherein the polymer further comprises \u2014CH2\u2014CH(OH)\u2014CH2\u2014 segments.
3. The container of claim 1, wherein R1 provides hydrolytic stability to at least one of the adjacent ester linkages.
4. The container of claim 1, wherein R1 is \u2014C(R2)2\u2014Yt\u2014C(R2)2\u2014 wherein each R2 is independently hydrogen or an organic group, each Y is independently a divalent organic group, and t is 0 or 1.
5. The container of claim 4, wherein Y includes one or more ether or ester linkages.
6. The container of claim 4, wherein R1 has the formula \u2014(C(R2)2)s\u2014 wherein s is at least 2, wherein each R2 is independently hydrogen or an organic group.
7. The container of claim 4, wherein Y is \u2014Zw\u2014C(R2)2\u2014O\u2014C(O)\u2014R3\u2014C(O)\u2014O\u2014C(R2)2\u2014vZw\u2014, wherein w is 0 or 1, v is 1 to 10, each R3 is independently a divalent organic group, and each Z is independently a divalent organic group.
8. The container of claim 7, wherein each Z provides hydrolytic stability to at least one adjacent ester linkages.
9. The container of claim 4, wherein each Y provides hydrolytic stability to at least one of the ester linkages adjacent R1 in Formula I.
10. The container of claim 1, wherein n is 0.
11. The container of claim 1, wherein each Ar is independently a phenylene group.
12. The container of claim 11, wherein each Ar is independently a phenylene group of the formula \u2014C6(R4)4\u2014, wherein each R4 is independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an organic group, wherein two R4 groups can optionally join to form a ring optionally containing one or more heteroatoms.
13. The container of claim 12, wherein each R4 is independently hydrogen or an organic group, wherein two R4 groups can optionally join to form a 6-membered ring.
14. The container of claim 12, wherein R4 is hydrogen.
15. The container of claim 1, wherein the composition is prepared from a water-based system.
16. The container of claim 1, wherein the composition is prepared from an organic solvent-based system.
17. The container of claim 1, which is a metal food or beverage can.
18. The container of claim 15, wherein the coating composition includes at least 25 weight percent of the polymer having segments of Formula I, based on the non-volatile film-forming components of the coating composition.
19. The container of claim 16, wherein the coating composition includes at least 50 weight percent of the polymer having segments of Formula I, based on the non-volatile film-forming components of the coating composition.
20. The container of claim 1, wherein the polymer, prior to any cure of the composition, includes ether linkages.
21. The container of claim 1, wherein the composition is substantially free of bound BPA, BADGE, BPF, and BFDGE.
22. The container of claim 1, wherein the polymer has a number average molecular weight of at least 2,000.
23. The container of claim 1, wherein the polymer has a number average molecular weight of at least 4,000.
24. The container of claim 1, wherein R1 includes at least 5 carbon atoms.
25. The container of claim 1, wherein R1 includes at least 8 carbon atoms.
26. The container of claim 1, wherein the polymer is made from a compound of Formula II:
HO\u2014Ar\u2014Rn\u2014C(O)\u2014O\u2014R1\u2014O\u2014C(O)\u2014Rn\u2014Ar\u2014OH,
wherein each Ar, R, R1, and n are as described in Formula I.
27. An article, comprising:
a metal food or beverage container including: a coating composition applied to at least a portion of an inside surface of the container comprising a liquid carrier and a polymer having ether linkages and one or more backbone segments of Formula I:
\u2014O\u2014Ar\u2014Rn\u2014C(O)\u2014O\u2014R1\u2014O\u2014C(O)\u2014Rn\u2014Ar\u2014O\u2014
wherein:
each Ar is independently a divalent phenylene group of the formula \u2014C6(R4)4\u2014, wherein each R4 is independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an organic group, wherein two R4 groups can optionally join to form a ring optionally containing one or more heteroatoms;
each R is independently a divalent organic group;
R1 is a divalent organic group; and
each n is 0 or 1.
28. The article of claim 27, wherein the polymer comprises a reaction product of a non-BPA or non-BPF based diepoxide reacted with a compound of Formula II:
HO\u2014Ar\u2014Rn\u2014C(O)\u2014O\u2014R1\u2014O\u2014C(O)\u2014Rn\u2014Ar\u2014OH,
wherein each Ar, R, R1, and n are as described for Formula I.
29. The article of claim 27, wherein the polymer further comprises \u2014CH2\u2014CH(OH)\u2014CH2\u2014 segments.
30. The article of claim 27, wherein the coating composition is substantially free of bound BPA, BADGE, BPF, and BFDGE.
31. The article of claim 27, wherein the coating composition comprises a cured coating.
32. An article, comprising:
a metal food or beverage can including: a coating composition applied to at least a portion of an inside surface of the can comprising at least 25 weight percent of a polymer, based on the non-volatile film forming components of the coating composition, having:
ether linkages;
\u2014CH2\u2014CH(OH)\u2014CH2\u2014 segments; and
segments of Formula I:
\u2014O\u2014Ar\u2014Rn\u2014C(O)\u2014O\u2014R1\u2014O\u2014C(O)\u2014Rn\u2014Ar\u2014O\u2014;
wherein:
each Ar is independently a divalent phenylene group of the formula \u2014C6(R4)4\u2014, wherein each R4 is independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an organic group, wherein two R4 groups can optionally join to form a ring optionally containing one or more heteroatoms,
each R is independently a divalent organic group,
R1 is a divalent organic group, and
each n is 0 or 1.