P7 Transition Activities: Technologies

The activities in this booklet are for each department within

Technologies:

- Business Education

- Computing Science

- Design Technology

S1 Business at Currie

Cereal packaging task

LI: To design the packaging for a new cereal aimed at children.

Did you know that the average person will eat half a ton of breakfast cereal in their

lifetime? UK customers spend £1.6bn per year on breakfast cereal. There is a huge

variety of cereals on offer. This is partly due to the fact that there are 8 different

ways to process cereal grains, from shredded whole grains, to flaked to oven puffed!

In a poll earlier this year, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes was voted as the UK’s most

popular cereal – do you agree?

Task 1 - find a cereal box in your kitchen to have a look at, or look at some boxes

online. Try to identify 6 different features or pieces of information that businesses

include on the box. For example, there is often a cartoon character which helps to

make the cereal appeal to children.

Task 2 - design the packaging for a new breakfast cereal aimed at children (7-13

years old). You can complete this task by printing out the template if you have a

printer and adding text and images, or just by drawing your design on paper.

Things to include in your design:

• Name of the cereal

• Picture of the cereal in a bowl and any cartoon character

• Bright colours in your design

• A short description/ slogan for the cereal e.g. All the goodness of oats!

• Any other features you found on the box you looked at, such as nutritional

information, a competition to win a prize, a recycling logo, or a QR-code to scan

to visit a website etc.

You will come to Business for 1 period a week in S1. During the year, you will

complete several units of work. The first unit is on Business Enterprise. In this unit

you will learn about all the issues involved in starting a small business, and you will

get to develop your own unique business idea! You will also study units on

Globalisation, Business Ethics and ICT.

You will develop lots of useful skills in Business such as teamwork, research,

problem-solving, decision-making, creativity and employability.

The Business team is really looking forward to welcoming you to the department

after the summer holiday. In the meantime, here is a task to get you thinking about

some business ideas…

Computing

In S1, we start by looking at Digital Literacy. This topic is about getting used to using desktop

PCs and looking after yourself when you are online. We then move on to Scratch

programming which involves lots of problem solving skills in order to make maze, archery

and bat and ball games and create your own game or animation. We also look at Computer

Systems – how does the inside of a computer actually work? How pictures and text are

stored in 1s and 0s. We return for some more programming practise with the BBC Microbits

– little chips that can display text and simple pictures and respond to inputs. Finally, we

usually finish the year by creating a Theme Park Website which uses Literacy skills.

Task

Google “Hour of Code Moana/ Frozen/ Star Wars/ Minecraft or Angry Birds” and complete

the tasks to get a flavour of programming.

Design Technology CCHSP7 Transition

Red Bull Soapbox Challenge

Red Bull is an Austrian company which produces the worlds best selling energy drink. There are many health concerns about potential damage energy drinks can cause and I would not recommend or promote them in any way but one really positive thing that Red Bull do is promote and sponsor extreme and adventure sports. Every year Red Bull run a fun soapbox competition in cities around the world open to everyone.You will design your very own “Red Bull” soapbox …

Instructions :

1. You have to choose a fun “Theme” that you will base your design on.

2. You can use 2d sketches or 3d sketches, or both to illustrate your ideas.

3. You must annotate your design to describe what all of your ideas are.

4. If you can, please add colour to your design.

5. Choose a name for your design and include it in a title on your sheet.

6. Your soapbox can be designed to carry one or two people.

7. If you want to look at technical aspects of your design such as suspension, steering, chassis ( frame ) and other construction ideas go for it ☺

TaskSketch / Draw your design for your soapbox, making sure you follow the instructions.

Examples :

Have fun … ☺