Purposeful Packaging

Lesson: 90 minutes; Unit: 150 minutes

Grade Levels: 6-8

Students will play the role of packaging engineers, exploring how to protect shipped items in innovative ways.
Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

Unit

Grade Levels: 6-8

Lesson: 90 minutes; Unit: 150 minutes

Concepts/Skills: Averages, data analysis, environmental impact, sustainability

Objectives:

  • Design a more sustainable way of packing items for shipment.
  • Collect consumer feedback using surveys.
  • Calculate averages, analyze survey data and evaluate the effectiveness of their design.

The Tech Academies

This activity was developed in partnership with educators from The Tech Academies Fellowship program. Tech Academy Fellows learn to be leaders of STEM education while designing and testing resources to be shared with other educators.