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The (Insert Food Item Here!) Packaging Challenge

Details

Space: 
inside
Key Terms: 
Design
prototyping
packaging
and engineering
Materials: 
Paper
tape
glue/ or hot glue
saran wrap
aluminum foil
plastic/ paper bags
cotton balls
popsicle stick

Lesson Overview

Teacher Overview:

Summary: Design and create a packaging to protect the (Insert Food Item Here!) from a fall of four feet.

 

Description:  The challenge is to see if you can design and create a package for a (Insert Food Item Here!) that will protect the (Insert Food Item Here!) from a fall of four feet.

 

Check out the resource, “Food Packaging 101” to begin the process and learn what it will take to package your food item.  After you have learned about food packaging, jump on the Internet and research different ways that packages can protect things before designing and creating your own packaging to protect your (Insert Food Item Here!).  The goal is to have your (Insert Food Item Here!) survive a fall from at least four feet.

 

Extension: If four feet is not enough and you want to live dangerously,  can your package design safely protect your (Insert Food Item Here!) from a greater height?  Make a second video and show us!

Student Summary: 

Summary: Design and create a packaging to protect the (Insert Food Item Here!) from a fall of four feet.

 

Description:  The challenge is to see if you can design and create a package for a (Insert Food Item Here!) that will protect the (Insert Food Item Here!) from a fall of four feet.

 

Check out the resource, “Food Packaging 101” to begin the process and learn what it will take to package your food item.  After you have learned about food packaging, jump on the Internet and research different ways that packages can protect things before designing and creating your own packaging to protect your (Insert Food Item Here!).  The goal is to have your (Insert Food Item Here!) survive a fall from at least four feet.

 

Extension: If four feet is not enough and you want to live dangerously,  can your package design safely protect your (Insert Food Item Here!) from a greater height?  Make a second video and show us!

Lesson Phases

Plan

Description: 
Capture video of the plan and of your materials.

Build

Description: 
Capture video of you building your food packaging.

Iterate

Description: 
Capture video of a mistake or problem that you ran into.

Final Product

Description: 
Capture your package protecting a (Insert Food Item) from a fall of at least four feet (or at least from the top of the counter).

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