Technology Units
Junior- Middle

Topic: Bread Packaging Contexts: Personal, Home Areas: Food, ICT, Materials
Year 2-4 Level One- two
Resources: bread packaging egs. different types of bread to taste, examples of bread advertising, books, journals, computer, art materials for planning and design
Situation: Mum always chooses bread that we don't like! She says it is good for us and this the one we should eat.
Design Brief: Investigate, plan and design packaging for bread that will encourage mum to buy it for us
Specifications: - packaging must appeal to both parents and children
- it must include details of nutritional information and ingredients
- a plan must be presented with an oral presentation describing your packaging
Technological Knowledge and Understanding
Objective: Level 1:2a ask questions and share ideas about modifications in familiar technologies
Learning Experiences:

1. mindmap what we do like and what we don't like about bread
2. comparison chart of bread packaging, identify what is common to all types of packaging, prepare questions that will identify differences
3. investigate and discuss nutritional information
4. identify and list needs (nutritional, likes)
5. identify what opportunities could be taken (i.e. advertising using well known cartoon characters)
6. collect a range of advertisements and identify the targeted audience for each bread type
Technological Capability
Objective: Level 1:6c discuss their ideas, intentions, progress and outcomes with others
Learning Experiences:

1. consider a range of ideas, likes and dislikes for packaging
2. identify who the packaging will need to attract
3. prepare a plan of bread packaging
4. test the ideas out on the intended consumers and record responses
5. share their solutions with the rest of the class
Technology and Society
Objective: Level 1:7 share their reasons for their choice of technological activity

1. survey parents and other children separately to determine likes and dislikes of bread
2. ask parents what they like about different packaging, determine what makes them buy bread
3. question parents about what will make them try a new product
Assessment
Objective Level 1:2a ask questions and share ideas about modifications in familiar technologies Assessment Task:
comparison chart of bread packaging, identify what is common to all types of packaging, prepare questions that will identify differences		 Achieving at Level 2

able to identify and discuss ideas about modifications and adaptations in familiar technologies

Achieving at Level 1

ask questions and share ideas about modifications in familiar technologies

Still operating at Level 1

share ideas about modifications in familiar technologies

Objective L.1: 6c
discuss their ideas, intentions, progress and outcomes with others		 Assessment Task:
test the ideas out on the intended consumers and record responses, share their solutions with the rest of the class		 Achieving at Level 2

able to show and describe egs. of their intentions, progress, and outcomes to others

 Achieving at Level 1

able to discuss their ideas, intentions, progress & outcomes with others

 Still operating at Level 1

able to discuss ideas

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