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Designing Plant Packages
Upper Elementary
Molecules & Organisms
In Classrooms
Students engineer a package to keep a plant healthy and whole during shipping.
unit Overview
Students use the Engineering Design Process to design a package that contains, displays, protects, and preserves a plant during transportation. They must also communicate the basic needs of the plant to the consumer, and provide a way for the consumer to carry the package easily.
- 5 lessons (9–10 class sessions)
Standards Alignment
We’ve developed each EiE unit with careful attention to educational standards in both science and technology/engineering.
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- Hands-on materials to support 30 learners.
Unit Map
Students are introduced to the concepts of engineering and technology. (30–40 min.)
The class reads a storybook in which a boy named Fadil living in Jordan explores the field of Package Engineering in order to build a package to protect a gift for his older sister. (90–120 min., 2–3 sessions)
Students make observations of common packages and their different functions. (50–60 min.)
Students evaluate the properties of available materials for building a package. They also create a rubric to score plant health. (100–110 min., 2 sessions)
Students follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process to imagine, plan, create, test, and then improve their own plant package designs. (150–165 min., 3 sessions)