Year 3 - Design and technology
Card functional properties
Shell structures: packaging
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Unit Summary
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.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use different techniques to shape card.
Key Notes
- Robert Gair devised the concept of the paperboard folding carton.
- Card can be shaped in different ways.
- Scoring before folding or cutting improves accuracy.
Vocabulary To Learn
- packaging: material used to wrap, cover or protect a product
- technique: a particular way of doing something
- scoring: pressing a line into paper or card to help with folding and cutting
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Packaging has always been the same.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Robert Gair devised the concept of the paperboard folding carton. Card can be shaped in different ways.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'packaging'
material used to wrap, cover or protect a product.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Packaging has always been the same. Correction: Packaging has developed over time. The rise in plastic use has seen plastic replacing glass, increased use of recycled paper/card, less use of wooden crates used in the past.
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