Year 3 - Design and technology
Strengthen packaging
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 ensure your packaging is strong.
Key Notes
- Prototype shell structures can be strengthened with recycled materials.
- Packaging reinforcements need to be measured and joined accurately.
Vocabulary To Learn
- strengthen: make stronger
- reinforce: add additional parts to support
- shell: the outer structure or surface of an object
- accurately: correct and exact, with no mistakes
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Packaging can only be reinforced from the inside.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Prototype shell structures can be strengthened with recycled materials. Packaging reinforcements need to be measured and joined accurately.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'strengthen'
make stronger.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Packaging can only be reinforced from the inside. Correction: Packaging can be reinforced on the inside and/or the outside using different methods.
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