Lesson 6 – End Product: Packaging
This is lesson 6 of 8 in an FFA/Valent USA series on sustainability throughout the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Value Chain. In this lesson, students analyze the purpose of food product packaging and design a package for their own trail mix product, using worksheets, real package examples, and a peer review activity.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Analyze the purpose of food product packaging.
- Create a food product package design for their trail mix.
- Time required
- 100 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Product Packaging Observations" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "What's in a Package?" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Analyzing Product Packaging" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Designing Product Packaging" worksheet for each student
- Sticky notes for each student
- Product package examples
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Flexibility and Adaptability; Initiative and Self-Direction; Leadership and Responsibility; Think Creatively
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. An introductory product packaging lesson. 2. An investigation of product packaging.
- Resources
- Is Food Product Packaging Getting More Deceptive?, https://youtu.be/xT9hg8jPGGU
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.02Apply appropriate academic and technical skills. Career-ready individuals readily access and use the knowledge and skills acquired through experience and education to be more productive.
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.06Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
- CRP.07Employ valid and reliable research strategies. Career-ready individuals are discerning in accepting and using new information to make decisions, change practices or inform strategies.
- CRP.08Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Career-ready individuals readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans to solve the problem.
AFNR Cluster Skills
- CS.06Analyze the interaction among AFNR systems in the production, processing and management of food, fiber and fuel and the sustainable use of natural resources.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG6Analyze the interaction among AFNR systems in the production, processing, and management of food, fiber, and fuel and the sustainable use of natural resources.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9.10.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Elemento de rendimiento AFNR
- FPP.03.02Diseñar y aplicar técnicas de elaboración, conservación, envasado y presentación de productos alimentarios para su distribución y consumo.
FFA Precept
- FFA-CS-M.CommunicationEffectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.PG-I.Professional GrowthAssume responsibility for attaining and improving upon the skills needed for career success.
- FFA.PG-J.Mental GrowthEmbrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-C.VisionVisualize the future and how to get there.
- FFA.PL-E.AwarenessUnderstand personal vision, mission and goals.
- FFA.PL-F.Continuous ImprovementAccept responsibility for learning and personal growth.
FFA Precepts
- FFA.CS-N.Decision MakingAnalyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
NASDCTEc
- AGAP01.03Plan, implement, manage, and/or provide services associated with the preservation and packaging of food and food products to prepare products for distribution.