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1. 5 minutes of touch typing
2. This term’s project big picture
3. Learning journey
   • Look at boxes
   • Nets
   • Researching box styles
   • creating nets
   • Decorating in 40’s style
   • cutting, scoring and gluing box

1 Look at boxes

• What makes it interesting?
• Why is it that shape?
• How many sides? What shapes?
• Does it have a lid?
• How does it open?

2 Explore nets

• Goto Polypad (one of the Mathigon tools)
• Drag out some 3d solids and unfold them to see their nets. This only shows one net – there are different nets for the same 3d shapes.
• Create your own nets by dragging out 2d shapes then selecting and folding to make 3d shapes.
• Do a Google image search for “3d shapes nets”. Copy and paste useful examples to a j2e5 page.

3 Research WW2 boxes

• Search for example of boxes from WW2 times
• Copy and paste useful examples to a j2e5 page

4 Creating nets

• Decide on a box shape
• in j2e5, create the net with gluing tabs
• if in doubt, include a tab – you can always cut it off if you don’t need it
• Make sure shapes are exactly sized and positioned – very small mistakes will mean your net doesn’t fold up.
• include your name on the page

5 Create box design – draw shapes, write and style text

1. Look at your research into 19040s boxes
2. Write the text for the box
   • company, product name, slogan, information….
   • make it realistic (but you may need to make it up)
3. Choose fonts and colours
4. Draw graphics
   • background, stripes, shapes, logo
   • You are designing it, so no Google images

Sucess criteria

• Name on sheet
• Save as “P2P…..box” or “S2P….box” or “W2P….box” (Pine/Spruce/Willow to print)
• Get rid of any spare pages – it should be just one page
• Accurate box net
• Gluing tabs
• Product name and company on most sides
• Adveritsing slogan
• Information
• Logo or simple shapes/colours
• Fonts and colours chosen carefully
• Net filled in a colour (unless it is white) – not whole page coloured

6 Cut, score, glue final box

1. Cut out

Finished?

• Check success criteria carefully
• Go to iLearn2 login page
• Login with code on the whiteboard
• Work through the unit using Google Slides

2023 Boxes