One Planet Packaging

One Planet Packaging is scheme of learning offers a sequence of activities based on action learning. It supports GCSEs in Design and Technology including: Product Design, Resistant Materials Technology, and Graphic Products.

Waste Watch will be launching a national programme to take our One Planet Packaging resource into the classroom in 2012-13. In the meantime you can download the resources here:

Download the scheme of learning and these pupil resources:

• Pupil resource 2.5 – A rubric for assessing sustainable packaging
• Pupil resource 3.1 – Comparing and contrasting food packaging
• Pupil resource 3.2 – Origami ornament directions
• Pupil resource 3.2 – Sustainable packaging design specification
• Pupil resource 4.1 – Risk Assessment
• PowerPoint ten – Functional performance tests

Download eight learning resources with supporting PowerPoint presentations to help build pupils’ knowledge and understanding.
They include the following:

• An introduction to packaging
• Packaging trends
• Sustainability and the environment
• Designing for sustainability
• Sustainable packaging
• Packaging materials life cycles
• Packaging policies and regulations
• Packaging materials
• Case study: What is right-sizing?

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