Chocolate Packaging
Challenge your class to design new packaging for everyone’s favourite treat with this delicious Chocolate Packaging DT scheme of work! Over the course of five ready-to-teach lessons, your class will first analyse existing products, develop initial design ideas and conduct some consumer research, then create a final packaging design and evaluate it against the success criteria.
Everything you need to teach these DT lessons is included within the pack: detailed plans, engaging PDF slides for the teaching input and a range of printable resources to support your children during their independent activities.
A Knowledge Organiser is available to support the learning in this scheme. It is included in the Complete Series download or can be purchased individually.
Lesson 1: Investigating Chocolate Packaging
Your Year 3/4 children will get busy investigating chocolate packaging in the first lesson in this DT series. They will discuss design elements and consider what makes each one a successful chocolate packaging design.
They will then analyse existing products by evaluating the effectiveness of the name, colour, font, size, shape and images used.
This Investigating Chocolate Packaging DT lesson pack includes a plan, a slideshow for the whole-class teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a variety of printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Chocolate Packaging Picture Cards
- Comparison Question Cards
Lesson 2: Design Ideas
In this lesson, after recapping on the important aspects of packaging for a chocolate product, children will use this information to start creating design ideas for their own chocolate wrapper.
Children choose to design packaging for one of three different chocolate companies, who each have different target audiences and success criteria. In this lesson, they will gather ideas and draw rough sketches of three possible designs.
Everything needed to teach this lesson is included in this pack: a detailed plan, a set of informative and engaging PDF slides, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Chocolate Company Letters
- Initial Ideas Sheet
- Chocolate Box Challenge Cards
- Chocolate Box Design Ideas Sheet
Lesson 3: Consumer Research
In this lesson, children will first explore, discuss and develop their understanding of the terms ‘consumer’, ‘target audience’ and ‘consumer research’.
They will then conduct and analyse the results of a survey, aimed at their target audience, and designed to help them decide which one of their three initial design ideas they should develop further.
This Chocolate Packaging DT lesson pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a slideshow for the whole-class teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a variety of printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Survey Cards
- Survey Question List
- Survey Template sheet
- Survey Results sheet
Lesson 4: Final designs
Children will first recap on what they learnt from conducting their consumer research in the previous lesson, as well as revisiting and discussing the importance of the success criteria.
They will then use of all this information to create their final design for their chocolate packaging!
A detailed plan, a set of PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources are all included in this KS2 DT lesson pack.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
Lesson 5: Evaluating Designs
In the final lesson of this DT series, your Year 3/4 children will find out what happens to a design once it has been created!
In groups, they will pretend to be board members of the different companies that they designed their chocolate bar wrappers for, and evaluate each other’s work according to the set criteria.
This lesson contains an easy-to-follow lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of handy printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Board Member Evaluation Sheets
- Company Head Name Cards
Knowledge Organiser: Knowledge Organiser
This Year 3/4 Design and Technology Knowledge Organiser has been created to complement this scheme of work. It is designed to support your children’s understanding of key vocabulary and techniques. Key questions and relevant technical skills have been identified to encourage children to apply their knowledge around this topic.
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Chocolate Packaging
Challenge your class to design new packaging for everyone’s favourite treat with this delicious Chocolate Packaging DT scheme of work! Over the course of five ready-to-teach lessons, your class will first analyse existing products, develop initial design ideas and conduct some consumer research, then create a final packaging design and evaluate it against the success criteria.
Everything you need to teach these DT lessons is included within the pack: detailed plans, engaging PDF slides for the teaching input and a range of printable resources to support your children during their independent activities.
A Knowledge Organiser is available to support the learning in this scheme. It is included in the Complete Series download or can be purchased individually.
Lesson 1: Investigating Chocolate Packaging
Your Year 3/4 children will get busy investigating chocolate packaging in the first lesson in this DT series. They will discuss design elements and consider what makes each one a successful chocolate packaging design.
They will then analyse existing products by evaluating the effectiveness of the name, colour, font, size, shape and images used.
This Investigating Chocolate Packaging DT lesson pack includes a plan, a slideshow for the whole-class teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a variety of printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Chocolate Packaging Picture Cards
- Comparison Question Cards
Lesson 2: Design Ideas
In this lesson, after recapping on the important aspects of packaging for a chocolate product, children will use this information to start creating design ideas for their own chocolate wrapper.
Children choose to design packaging for one of three different chocolate companies, who each have different target audiences and success criteria. In this lesson, they will gather ideas and draw rough sketches of three possible designs.
Everything needed to teach this lesson is included in this pack: a detailed plan, a set of informative and engaging PDF slides, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Chocolate Company Letters
- Initial Ideas Sheet
- Chocolate Box Challenge Cards
- Chocolate Box Design Ideas Sheet
Lesson 3: Consumer Research
In this lesson, children will first explore, discuss and develop their understanding of the terms ‘consumer’, ‘target audience’ and ‘consumer research’.
They will then conduct and analyse the results of a survey, aimed at their target audience, and designed to help them decide which one of their three initial design ideas they should develop further.
This Chocolate Packaging DT lesson pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a slideshow for the whole-class teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a variety of printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Survey Cards
- Survey Question List
- Survey Template sheet
- Survey Results sheet
Lesson 4: Final designs
Children will first recap on what they learnt from conducting their consumer research in the previous lesson, as well as revisiting and discussing the importance of the success criteria.
They will then use of all this information to create their final design for their chocolate packaging!
A detailed plan, a set of PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources are all included in this KS2 DT lesson pack.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
Lesson 5: Evaluating Designs
In the final lesson of this DT series, your Year 3/4 children will find out what happens to a design once it has been created!
In groups, they will pretend to be board members of the different companies that they designed their chocolate bar wrappers for, and evaluate each other’s work according to the set criteria.
This lesson contains an easy-to-follow lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of handy printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Board Member Evaluation Sheets
- Company Head Name Cards
Knowledge Organiser: Knowledge Organiser
This Year 3/4 Design and Technology Knowledge Organiser has been created to complement this scheme of work. It is designed to support your children’s understanding of key vocabulary and techniques. Key questions and relevant technical skills have been identified to encourage children to apply their knowledge around this topic.
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Challenge your class to design new packaging for everyone’s favourite treat with this delicious Chocolate Packaging DT scheme of work! Over the course of five ready-to-teach lessons, your class will first analyse existing products, develop initial design ideas and conduct some consumer research, then create a final packaging design and evaluate it against the success criteria.
Everything you need to teach these DT lessons is included within the pack: detailed plans, engaging PDF slides for the teaching input and a range of printable resources to support your children during their independent activities.
A Knowledge Organiser is available to support the learning in this scheme. It is included in the Complete Series download or can be purchased individually.
Lesson 1: Investigating Chocolate Packaging
Your Year 3/4 children will get busy investigating chocolate packaging in the first lesson in this DT series. They will discuss design elements and consider what makes each one a successful chocolate packaging design.
They will then analyse existing products by evaluating the effectiveness of the name, colour, font, size, shape and images used.
This Investigating Chocolate Packaging DT lesson pack includes a plan, a slideshow for the whole-class teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a variety of printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Chocolate Packaging Picture Cards
- Comparison Question Cards
Lesson 2: Design Ideas
In this lesson, after recapping on the important aspects of packaging for a chocolate product, children will use this information to start creating design ideas for their own chocolate wrapper.
Children choose to design packaging for one of three different chocolate companies, who each have different target audiences and success criteria. In this lesson, they will gather ideas and draw rough sketches of three possible designs.
Everything needed to teach this lesson is included in this pack: a detailed plan, a set of informative and engaging PDF slides, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Chocolate Company Letters
- Initial Ideas Sheet
- Chocolate Box Challenge Cards
- Chocolate Box Design Ideas Sheet
Lesson 3: Consumer Research
In this lesson, children will first explore, discuss and develop their understanding of the terms ‘consumer’, ‘target audience’ and ‘consumer research’.
They will then conduct and analyse the results of a survey, aimed at their target audience, and designed to help them decide which one of their three initial design ideas they should develop further.
This Chocolate Packaging DT lesson pack includes an easy-to-follow plan, a slideshow for the whole-class teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a variety of printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Survey Cards
- Survey Question List
- Survey Template sheet
- Survey Results sheet
Lesson 4: Final designs
Children will first recap on what they learnt from conducting their consumer research in the previous lesson, as well as revisiting and discussing the importance of the success criteria.
They will then use of all this information to create their final design for their chocolate packaging!
A detailed plan, a set of PDF slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources are all included in this KS2 DT lesson pack.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
Lesson 5: Evaluating Designs
In the final lesson of this DT series, your Year 3/4 children will find out what happens to a design once it has been created!
In groups, they will pretend to be board members of the different companies that they designed their chocolate bar wrappers for, and evaluate each other’s work according to the set criteria.
This lesson contains an easy-to-follow lesson plan, a slideshow for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of handy printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Board Member Evaluation Sheets
- Company Head Name Cards
Knowledge Organiser: Knowledge Organiser
This Year 3/4 Design and Technology Knowledge Organiser has been created to complement this scheme of work. It is designed to support your children’s understanding of key vocabulary and techniques. Key questions and relevant technical skills have been identified to encourage children to apply their knowledge around this topic.
