Perfectly Packaged Lesson Plan
Combining D.T. and maths to give the children an open ended challenge
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Perfectly Packaged
Explore shapes used for containing food and create suitable packaging for your very own dish
Years: 5, 6
Duration: 180mins
Curriculum Objectives: 7
Subjects: D&T, Maths, PSHE
Resource Overview
This resource, written for Bristol's Young Cook competition in conjunction with Bristol City Council Public Health and Sugar Smart Bristol, beautifully combines D.T. and maths to challenge the children to be designers with a real life purpose. Originally written for the Young Cook competition, it can easily be adapted to suit any lesson with a focus on shape nets or design.
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Curriculum Objectives
- Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work
- Investigate and analyse a range of existing products
- Select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities
- Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
- Year 6 (Age 10-11)
- Draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles.
- Recognise, describe and build simple 3-D shapes, including making nets.
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