the outer structure or surface of an object

Strengthen packaging

Design and technology

Sustainability and packaging design

Shell structures

Card functional properties

Annotated net sketches

Assemble packaging

Branding packaging designs

Promoting products

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.

What happens when you strengthen something?

Which word describes the method of adding layers to strengthen a material?

Sort these steps into the correct order to create a sleeve reinforcement.

Looking at the dimensions, which packaging would this cookie fit into?

Which of these **wouldn't** be used to join cardboard packaging?

Why is it important to measure each side carefully when drawing a net?

What do we call a model of a product made to test how it works?

Which word is missing from this phrase? Reduce, reuse, ...

Strengthen packaging

Lesson outcome

Content guidance