Card functional properties

Design and technology

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of shell structures. They will critique the packaging of a given product and investigate the sustainability of materials, to create a new packaging design considering its environmental impact.

Shell structures: packaging

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Use of equipment that may require supervision for safety, e.g. scissors in KS1, needles, paint, knives, cooking.

Which packaging material has become more common since the 1960s?

What type of product was one of the first to be packaged in Robert Gair's folding box carton?

it was folded and assembled at the same time

How did Robert Gair's box design save time?

What would the net of this shape look like?

Why doesn't this type of packaging stack well?

the person/people who use or need the product

Match the words from a design specification.

a plastic bag that takes hundreds of years to break down

Which of these is an example of sustainable packaging that helps protect the environment?

Where does new material for paper and card come from (when it is not recycled)?

Which of these materials is made from sand?

Content guidance

Risk assessment required - equipment

Adult supervision required

Starter Quiz